The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964)

Country: UK
Director: Michael Carreras
Production Co: Columbia Pictures
Genre: Horror
Rating: 5.7/10
Length: 80 mins

Storyline

When European Egyptologists Dubois, Giles and Bray discover the tomb of the Egyptian prince Ra, American entrepreneur and investor Alexander King insists on shipping the treasures and sarcophagus back to England for tour and display. Once there, someone with murderous intent has discovered the means of waking the centuries dead prince...—Jeff Hole

Plot Keywords

greed, mummy, immortality, french accent, secret, assassination, businessman, fratricide, slideshow, burglar, magnifying glass, show business, reanimated corpse, landlady, frenchwoman, exhibit, sea voyage, dagger, man overboard, pharaoh

Short Review

Hammer Horror...such a British institution for so many years. It may be a shadow of its former self nowadays but the films from its heyday are still revered as classic horror movies. Even if most wouldn't scare an infant (The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb only has a 12-age rating) now.British archaeologists and their American investor ship an Egyptian mummy's sarcophagus to London but someone has the amulet to revive the mummy that will then kill all those who disturbed its tomb.It's a slow burner of a movie spending large chunks dealing with the history of the mummy. These moments aren't exactly thrilling .All of that aside though, The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb does still have a bit of charm about it. It's certainly not a boring flick & the mummy itself looks pretty damn cool. Not the best that Hammer Horror has to offer but certainly not the worst.