Copyright 31 December 1943 by Universal Pictures Co., Inc. New York opening at the Rialto: 30 June 1944. U.S. release: 7 July 1944. U.K. release: 2 June 1947 (sic). Australian release: 6 July 1944. 6 reels. 5,499 feet. 61 minutes.SYNOPSIS: Sequel to The Mummy's Tomb starring Chaney junior as the mummy. Since Turhan Bey failed in the previous movie, Egyptian priest Zucco sends John Carradine to New England to help the mummy find his princess. This time a young college co-ed played by Ramsay Ames is the Ananka look-alike.NOTES: Number four of the seven-picture "Mummy" series.COMMENT: The story continues on from The Mummy's Tomb (1942). The mummy it appears was not destroyed in the fire after all, but only disfigured - if you can imagine a mummy being disfigured, though his one eye is rather frightening. Lon Chaney is so completely swathed in bandages as to be unrecognizable - any stuntman or cheap double could have done just as well. Robert Lowery is a rather wet hero, though Ramsay Ames makes a rather fetching heroine and there is a solid cast of character players.Le Borg's direction is much, much more stylish than his usual humble standard. Some of the sequences are compellingly stated and good use is made of natural locations at the climax. The film looks well-produced though Sickner's photography lacks the atmosphere that Woody Bredell would have brought to the film. The eerie effects are mainly achieved through Jack Pierce's skilled make-up and Salter's well-thumbed musical compilation of standard Universal "B"-picture themes.There is more than a hint of blasphemy in the script's adaptation of King James-type prayers to pagan identities such as Amon-Ra and it's odd that this was deemed acceptable by the supposedly strict censors of 1944.

John Carradine plays an Egyptian priest who is ordered by George Zucco to go to America and bring back the mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney, Jr.). Meanwhile, in New England, Robert Lowery is in love with Ramsay Ames, who happens to be of Egyptian descent. In fact, she is really the reincarnation of the Princess Ananka, whom Kharis had/has/always will have the hots for. Lowery's professor, played by Frank Reicher, manages to decipher some hieroglyphics, which brings us to a major hiccup in the plot points. You see, the big breakthrough for Reicher comes when he translates the number "nine." So apparently he can translate hieroglyphics, but not Egyptian numerals. We quickly move to major idiotic point number 2. While Reicher is brewing 9 tana leaves, the mummy just happens to walk out of the woods nearby. Where has he been hiding since the last film? This leads to major idiotic point number 3. The tana leaves are supposed to sustain Kharis, so what does he do? He chokes the stuffing out of Reicher and shuffles off without taking a sip.The ending is nonsensical, especially since, if memory serves, Ananka awakens in the next film in Louisiana.There are so many other goofy plot points that they are too numerous to mention, but here are a few. Ames' hair starts developing white streaks; people notice, but nobody mentions it to her. One of the investigators declares "If those aren't mummy footprints, I'll eat 'em". Where did such a strange expression come from?The supporting cast is good, headed by Barton MacLane as a detective. For film buffs, silent leading lady Claire Whitney has a substantial part as Reicher's wife. The producers also threw a bone to silent film western star William Desmond by having him appear in one scene, with no dialogue.

This film series does not include Universal's and Karloff's The Mummy (1932). This particular film series starts with 'The Mummy's Hand (1940), 'The Mummy's Tomb (1942)' and then this third film 'The Mummy's Ghost (1944).What is nice about this series, it picks where the last film leaves off. They always give a little background on the previous which helps when the films are 2 years apart or if you simply find yourself watching one of the films one night on TV.The ghost in this film is not that of Kharis but the long dead Queen Ananka whom you will see slowly entering and taking over Amina Mansouri. It makes for an entertaining mummy film.7.5/10

***SPOILERS*** By far the worst of the "Mummy" movies has a young Abraham Lincoln looking John Carradine as Egyptian priest Yousef Bey who's instructed by his boss Andoheb the high priest of Arkan, George Zucco, to travel to Mapleton USA and retrieve the body of the long dead, for some 3,000 years, Princess Ananka, Ramsay Ames, from the town Scripp Museum.Were told that some 30 years earlier Ananka's lover Kharis the Mummy, played by Lon Chaney Jr, went on a rampage through town trying to get her back on the first boat to Egypt. Kharis ended up being burned to a crisps when he was trapped by the angry townspeople in a deserted house. As things tuned out Kharis just went on vacation and was just waiting for a chance to come back to life and finish the job that he started 30 years ago! It was in fact Scripps Museum curator Prof. M. Norman, Frank Reicher, by discovering the secret of eternal life in the fluid of nine brewed Tana leaves that brought Kharis back. This ended up costing Prof. Norman's life when Kharis paid him a visit at his office where he was brewing the Tana leaves!Slurping up the Tana leaf solution Kharis went on his way with Jousef Bey directing him to find Princess Ananka and bring her back home to her eternal resting place in Egypt. What Yousef Bey didn't figure on is that the princess was not in her tomb at the Scripps Museum but in fact was reincarnated as Amina Mansouri! An Egyptian exchange student at Scripps Collage studying ancient Egyptian history!The movie really goes nowhere with Kharis doing what he does best by killing a number of unsuspecting Mapleton citizens, just to keep in practice, as he goes on his search for Princess Ananka who's soul is now in the body of Amina Mansouri. When Kharis finally does find the princess, as Amina Mansouri, it's Jousef Bey who screws things up by trying to keep her all for himself at the now angry as hell Kharis' expense! This has Kharis throw a fit as well as throw Yousef Bay to his death from the top of the mine shaft where Ananka/Amina was being kept. It's now up to Amina boyfriend Tom Hervey, Robert Lowery, to save the day as well as her life by taking on the what looks like the indestructible Mummy Kharis! ***SPOILERS*** As things turned out it was the cute little dog Peanuts, who's a dead ringer for Toto from the "Wizard of Oz", who in fact put an end to Kharis reign of terror. With Peanuts Sniffing Kharis out at the abundant mine shaft outside of town he has an angry mob cornered him and chase Kharis with Ananka in hand into the nearby swamp. Tom Hervey who was at first ready to jump into the swamp to save his girlfriend Amina's life had second thoughts when she started showing her true age, 3,000 years old give or take a century, and soon came to the realization that it wasn't worth the effort!