This remake of the remake is a Hammer Horror affair and the beginning of their own "The Mummy" franchise.Starring horror legends Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee it brings The Mummy tale into bold colour and it does the story many favours.Essentially it tells exactly the same story as the 1932 original but blends several moments from the 1940 and beyond remake franchise including a tweek on the part three very dark finale.With strong performances, a highly improved mummy and the usual Hammer Horror charm this is the best "The Mummy" film since the 1932 original.This has now wet my appetite for the other 3 movies.The Good:Couple of well made scenesThe mummy looks greatThe Bad:Very sudden endingA few of the negative Hammer Horror tropesThings I Learnt From This Movie:Mans best friend is a horseDrink driving wasn't a thing when it came to horse and cartsFez's are still a sign of evil

Terence Fisher may not be that slam-bang action type of filmmaker that modern audiences might be used to know with blockbusters (such as decent ones like the 1999 Mummy, or bad ones like the 2017 Mummy), but he was an ideal choice for these color-filmed, handsomely mounted though modestly budgeted horror films from Hammer in the 50's. Following his great success on Dracula, it stood to reason he should do the Mummy, and what he came up with was at times creepy - and, I imagine if you saw this as a kid or decide to show this to small children, scary at points, like when the Mummy crashes through the window into the padded room at the asylum - and deliberately paced. In other words, it moves a little slow, but that's not to the detriment of the film; it's more your problem than the movie's if you find yourself frustrated, and unlike even the 32 Mummy, this doesn't lack a good many memorable sequences and visuals (the 32 Mummy did have some, but not enough).In this you also get of course Cushing and Lee, and I really liked their physicality in the movie. Cushing's character, the son of an archaeologist that has a history with the red-fez wearing Master-of- the-Mummy in this story, is hobbled with a bad leg, and this isn't just something that the writers give Cushing for as some crutch, no pun intended. Instead this ends up becoming important when the Mummy comes in ready to strangle people, and seeing Cushing moving about, whether it's in an action-y moment or otherwise, is fascinating in how he puts his body into things, as any good actor should. Lee, too, is thoughtful in what is a character with no spoken lines (if Lee does speak, I don't remember it, and I just watched the film), and he is remarkable perhaps due to limitations with his costume or injuries on set or what have you, and he makes him as memorable as the Karloff Mummy; you feel his presence in a room and his eyes do a lot of good work as well.There is a point midway through the film when Cushing reads from the history of this Karras character from thousands of years prior in Egypt when everything went down, and this is the one part of the movie that dragged for me. it's not to any major detriment of the film, but it's the one time I felt Fisher's style, which I otherwise loved in the film (i.e. that scene where the casket falls off the wagon, falls in the mud pond, and then when the character comes over later to say the things that make Karras come out of the ground, beautiful), start to get a little long. But this is a minor complaint in what is otherwise the best of the Mummy movies; it has a strong musical score, the acting is quality (yes, even the typical types you get in Hammer movies like the local British drunks at the bar), and the ending is almost bordering on tragic if you think about how this character has been depicted (the Mummy is the horror movie icon that doesn't have his own agency, or at least as much as the others).

This movie begins with an archaeological expedition headed by a man named "Stephen Banning" (Felix Aylmer) who is looking for the tomb of an ancient Egyptian princess by the name of "Ananka" (played by Yvonne Furneaux). To his great delight they end up finding it and while his associate, "Joseph Whimple" (Raymond Huntley) leaves the tomb to tell Stephen's son "John Banning" (Peter Cushing) the news Stephen continues searching for other items of interest. It's during this search that he finds an ancient manuscript known as "the Scroll of Life" and upon reading it aloud wakes up the mummified body of the high-priest of Karnak named "Kharis" (Christopher Lee) who has been placed there to guard the sanctity of the tomb. Kharis immediately attacks Stephen but is stopped by an Egyptian devotee of Karnak named "Mehemet Bey" (George Pastell) who has appeared out of nowhere and immediately orders Kharis back into his hidden chamber. Needless to say, Stephen is severely traumatized by these events and suffers from a stroke which leaves him in a comatose state as a result. The film then fast-forwards to three years later in England with the sarcophagus of Ananka being put on display in the British Museum of London and Stephen being confined to a nursing home due to the effects of the stroke. What none of the archaeologists know is that Mehemet Bey has recently arrived in London with a crate containing the mummy of Kharis with the intention of killing all three of the people responsible for desecrating the tomb of Ananka. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this film is not a remake of the movie produced in 1932 known as "The Mummy". Instead, this movie incorporates bits and pieces from the original 1932 movie and combines scenes from several sequels that followed it ("The Mummy's Hand", "The Mummy's Tomb" and "The Mummy's Ghost"). As a result, there really is no comparison between the 1932 film and this particular picture. At least I don't think so. Be that as it may, this movie is certainly entertaining enough and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.

In1895, in Egypt, the British archaeologists John Banning (Peter Cushing), his father Stephen Banning (Felix Aylmer) and his uncle Joseph Whemple (Raymond Huntley) discover the tomb of Princess Ananka (Yvonne Furneaux). Stephen finds inside the tomb The Scroll of Life and reads it, awaking The Mummy of Anaka's keeper and former lover Kharis (Christopher Lee). He has a heart attack and goes insane. The Egyptian Mehemet Bey (George Pastell) that worships Ananka steals the scroll and controls The Mummy. Three years later, in England, Stephen is an intern in a mental institution and John has married his fiancée Isobel. However the fanatic Mehemet decides to use The Scroll of Life to revenge those that have desecrated Anaka's tomb. The Mummy attacks Stephen and Joseph; however, when The Mummy attacks John, Isobel that resembles Ananka saves her husband. But will she be saved from The Mummy?"The Mummy" is another great horror movie by Hammer directed by Terence Fisher. The remake of the 1932 Universal's "The Mummy" is creepier, with the dirty bandages since he has fallen off into the bog. In addition, the beauty of Yvonne Furneaux is impressive as well the lack of chemistry with Peter Cushing. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): Not Available on Blu-Ray or DVD