The Mummy
1959  NR  HORROR  1h 28min
CAST— Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux, Eddie Byrne, Felix Aylmer, Raymond Huntley
MUSIC— Franz Reizenstein  DIRECTOR— Terence Fisher

     Another mummy (neither a shambling Boris Karloff nor a CGI dust storm) is unleashed upon the screen, with lukewarm results. An archaeologist makes a boo-boo when he opens the tomb of an Egyptian princess; boo-boo # 2 comes when he reads aloud a centuries old writ, unleashing the princess’ ancient lover, played by a stiff-as-a-board Christopher Lee. The mummy’s human master orders Lee to take out those who desecrated the tomb, including the archaeologist’s son, Peter Cushing. Never scary, never exciting, just plain Hammer.
OUR RATING— ** ½
FOLLOWED BY— The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1964), The Mummy’s Shroud (1967), Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (1971)
ORIGINAL— The Mummy (1932)
REMADE AS— The Mummy (1999/2017)