I've watched 2 DVD versions of this, first one was Anchor bay UK's version, that I've now lost god knows where (maybe I broke or sold it, can't remember, it was years back now) and the Macady's version, which I think is open matte. Correct if I'm wrong.But get to the point. The movie is quite awful (well, not as awful as many Bruno Mattei stuff, but we're getting pretty close to that. There's some grave-robbers, who violate the sacred tomb of (what-ever the name was) and gets curse upon them. Also there's annoying filming group, pretty much lack of nudity, they didn't offer much to this already crappy movie.However, there's a turning point at the ending of the movie, where the ancient legend became truth, and the ending is full of nice-nice splatter (by no-one else but Maurizio Trani). So, if you can bear all the stupidness of the movie about 70 minutes, the ending is definitely worth to seen. Overall, I'll give this movie just a 3/10, reasons I mentioned above.

A photographer and his models decide to hold their latest fashion shoot in an Egyptian tomb, recently unearthed by unscrupulous treasure hunters. In doing so, they unwittingly awaken an ancient mummy and his slaves, who proceed to kill those who disturb their slumber.Dawn of the Mummy, a US/Egypt co-production, is a pretty poor gore flick obviously inspired by the success of Romero's Dawn of the Dead and subsequent Italian rip-offs (most notably Lucio Fulci's Zombi 2). After the best part of an hour spent following the futile attempts of the treasure hunters to find hidden gold and watching the models posing badly for the photographer, the mummy eventually rises from his sarcophagus to kill, closely followed by his shuffling zombie-like assistants. Director Frank Agrama manages a couple of workmanlike scares, there are plenty of unintentional laughs to be had, and the movie eventually dishes up plenty of cheapo splatter towards the end, but it really isn't really worth sitting through the tedious stuff to get to the juicy bits.

"Dawn of the Mummy" is easily the goriest Mummy movie ever made.**SPOILERS**An ancient Egyptian king is locked inside a sacred tomb and it's protected by an evil curse, which Rick, (John Salvo) ignores and opens it anyway. Later on, Gary, (Barry Sattels) and his photography group, photographer Bill (George Peck) and models Lisa, (Brenda King) Jenny, (Joan Levy) Melinda, (Ellen Faison) and Joan, (Dianne Betty) arrive at the burial ground to perform a fashion shoot. While wandering around the pyramids, they stumble upon Rick and his excavation site. Exploring the tomb, they find the Mummies burial ground and Gary decides it's the best place to shoot his series of photos. Being inside the tomb sparks the curse, and the mummy is revived to seek revenge for his burial. The revived Mummy stalks the group one by one, who is unaware and continues the photo shoot.The Good News: As far as Mummy movies go, this one takes the cake as far as goriest one made. We get a large amount of blood and gore in here, so much more than any other mummy movie. We get a meat-cleaver to the head, a decapitation, and tons of people are killed by zombified mummies. This also brings up the fact that it's one of the cleverest Mummy movies out there by incorporating the traditional Mummy mythology with zombies. That's a pretty great idea by mixing the two genres the way this one does. It's a great way to up the value of the film by having two different genres mixed together into one cohesive unit. Neither storyline is really put above the other one, so it's pretty easy to follow along and not get confused over what it happening. It's a pretty sweet idea that really takes some creative thought to hold those two from coming up with a cliché-ridden storyline and combines the best aspects of both genres into one great story. Almost as impressive is the look of the mummies/zombies in this film. They look accurately decayed and rotten, dirty bandages dripping off their bodies and Mummified looks from behind their rotten faces, and this makes for a grand monster which captures and frightens your imaginations. It's quite effective.The Bad News: This one takes a while to get going, so it can be a boring beginning if you're not prepared to sit through some character and situation set-up before the action kicks in. Granted, this has happened before, but it's a bit longer than normal before the action starts up, and since none of the characters are all that spectacular to begin with, it makes for a hard opening to sit trough. Beyond that, it's not all that bad.The Final Verdict: I liked this one a lot, but if you can forgive a slow opening, you'll like this one as well. It's pretty gory, so it's not for the weak-stomach. Gorehounds, check it out, those who love Mummy movies will also find a lot to love in this one. Be careful, others, as this one is pretty cheesy.Rated R: Graphic Violence and some mild drug use

Dawn of the Mummy starts in 'Egypt 3000 B.C.' where we witness the mummification of evil warlord Pharaoh Safiraman & a curse placed upon his tomb by a high priestess (Laila Nasr). Cut to 'Egypt, Present Day' where American treasure hunter Rick (John Salvo) & his two bumbling assistant's Karib (Ibrahim Khan) & Tarik uncover Safiraman's tomb in search of gold. Meanwhile some fashion models Lisa (Brenda King), Jenny (Joan Levy), Melinda (Ellen Faison), Joan (Dianne Beatty) & Gary (Barry Sattels) are in Egypt for a magazine shoot for an important client. Along with the photographer Bill (George Peck) they all end up at the site of Safiraman's tomb & decide to shoot some pictures in there. Eventually the Mummy of Safiraman comes to life & together with his armies of the undead he sets about killing everyone in sight.This American, Egyptian & Italian co-production was co-written, produced & directed by Farouk Agrama as Frank Agrama & Dawn of the Mummy is quite simply a tedious film from beginning to end. The script by Agrama, Ronald Dobrin & Daria Price is painfully slow & poorly paced. The film is almost half way through before the action proper begins & it's a real chore to get up to this point. Even when the 'good' stuff arrives it's all so dull, uninteresting & filmed with no sense of pace or purpose. The characters are poorly written clichés who all deserve to die horribly, they have no development & are annoying. More or less every Mummy film ever made has the same basic premise & Dawn of the Mummy is no exception, unsuspecting adventurers ignore local warnings & desecrate sacred tomb, Mummy comes to life & kills member's of expedition & that's it, it's as simple as that. Dawn of the Mummy only adds some over-the-top gore scenes & a few zombies to cash-in on the success of Romero's Dawn of the Dead (1978) & Fulci's Zombi 2 (1979), & I'm sure the similarities between the title of this & Romero's masterpiece is not a coincidence. Technically Dawn of the Mummy is a really cheap & nasty looking film throughout, amazingly it was indeed partly shot in Egypt although looking at it you could barely tell except for one scene set against some pyramids at the start as it spends most of it's running time in a extremely fake looking tomb complete with foam sarcophagus, items spray painted gold to use as treasure & painted by a five year old hieroglyphics's, a market street that is obviously a set & an indifferent looking oasis which probably counts for the location shooting. Most of the running time seems to consist of the characters travelling back & forth between these locations. The cinematography is bland & forgettable apart from one scene when a group of zombies rise from the sand against a setting sun. The make-up effects vary from impressive to very poor, the main Mummy is maybe the best looking ever but the zombies pale by comparison, there are some scenes as the zombies eat intestines, someone has their neck bitten, eyes are poked out, there are some decapitated heads, a great bit when someone has a meat cleaver stuck in their head & various guts & blood being spilt at the climax but somehow it has little or no impact. Speaking of the climax where did all the zombies go? You'll know what I mean if you have seen it... The acting is bad, the models aren't even good looking let alone beautiful & there is no nudity whatsoever. Director Agrama fails to bring any sort of excitement, atmosphere or tension to any of what's going on & he completely wastes the shooting opportunities the Egyptian locations could have provided. Dawn of the Mummy is a pretty uneventful, boring & poorly made film but if you can stick it out there are some decent gore scenes & I love the main Mummy bad dude. Probably below average & not really worth tracking down.