Boris Karloff's face is one of the best special effects in classic cinema.
An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when a British archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the researchers accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.
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Boris Karloff's face is one of the best special effects in classic cinema.
“Do you have to open graves to find girls to fall in love with?”
More or less the same plot as 1931’s Dracula, The Mummy suffers from many of the same early talkie “flaws” as it predecessor - slow pacing, not much dialogue, etc. BUT what it does have is Boris Karloff and some great atmosphere which will always hold a special place in my heart. In fact, as the years have passed I’ve begun to like this more and more with each viewing and I don’t even know why.
An ancient Egyptian priest is revived by an accidental spell during an archaeological dig and searches for the reincarnation of his lost love in Cairo.
Karl Freund directed the 1932 Universal horror classic, drawing on his background as a master cinematographer.
It launched the classic Universal Monsters series featuring the iconic Egyptian character, though later entries took vastly different narrative directions.
