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The Mummy (1932),
Director: Karl Freund, Rated Approved (Dad's guess
PG)
IT COMES TO LIFE!
  Starring:
Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Arthur Byron, Edward
Van Sloan, Bramwell Fletcher, Noble Johnson
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★☆☆☆
- good
"I destroy this
lifeless thing! Thou shall take its place but for a few moments
and then... RISE again, even as I have risen!"
- Imhotep
Why watch this?
... because your Mummy told you to! Besides, it's a horror classic.
Plot Summary:
A team of British archaeologists, while excavating in Egypt,
accidentally resurrect the ancient priest Imhotep. After his
unexpected revival, Imhotep disguises himself as a modern
Egyptian scholar and embarks on a quest to find the
reincarnation of his long-lost love, Princess Anck-es-en-Amon.
His efforts involve a young woman whom he believes is the
reincarnation of the princess, leading to a suspenseful
confrontation.
Dad's Preview:
The great Boris Karloff, as
with Frankenstein
(1931), gives the
terrifying Imhotep/Bey an eerie personality and believability.
It is that deep, gothic voice and those hollow, sunken eyes.
Yikes!
Universal made five more Mummy films starring Lon Chaney Jr. in
the title role.
Universal Studios
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