The Mummy (Universal Legacy Series) | The Mummy (Universal Legacy Series)

A Doomed Love Story With Horrific Overtones... | The Mummy (Universal Legacy Series) | Boris Karloff, Zita Johann

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	• The Mummy (Universal Legacy Series) Boris Karloff, Zita Johann Universal Studios, 2008 average customer review:based on 74 reviews view larger image
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THE MUMMY AWAKES!

Essentially a remake of their 1931 smash DRACULA, THE MUMMY is in many ways a more somber, dream-like interpretation of the previous film's themes of undeath, seduction of innocence, and a terror from beyond the ages. Boris Karloff--not long after his breakthrough role as the more famous Frankenstein's Monster--steps in for Lugosi and plays the eponymous mummy, a cursed Egyptian high priest whose forbidden love for a vestal virgin 3,700 years ago resulted in him being entombed alive. When a British archaeological team inadverdently revives him, Im-Ho-Tep walks the shifting sands once more. A few years later, the mummy encounters an unsuspencting young woman named Helen Grosvenor (played by the exotically gorgeous Zita Johann) whom he recognizes as his long-lost love from ages past. Determined to reclaim his reincarned lover no matter the cost, the ruthless mummy calls upon the powers of darkness in a battle of wits with Helen's doctor (Edward Van Sloan) and her new lover, Frank (David Manners) for the fate of her very soul.

A waking nightmare, THE MUMMY has a phantasmic quality about it that makes it almost possible to believe that the rolling desert sands are indeed haunted by lost gods and walking dead men and that mortals venture out into their cursed territory at great risk to life and sanity. Karl Freund's direction is tight and sure, and if the story is highly derivative of DRACULA it is in some ways an improvement. To be sure, the Universal DRACULA is in a class by itself, but THE MUMMY is the more serious of the two and never drags the way its predecessor tends to in certain spots. The cast is excellent, with Edward Van Sloan essentially playing Van Helsing to Karloff's version of Dracula all over again. David Manners is, as in DRACULA, the damsel's boyfriend forced to protect her from an undead monster's unwholesome attentions, but while Manners' role was frequently annoying and a bit overdone in DRACULA, it is here more measured and realistic. Johann possesses a dark, enchanting loveliness that fits her role perfectly, and her performance as the benighted victim of Im-Ho-Tep is empathetic and believable. And Karloff himself is a masterful villain, consumed by evil and yet tormented by a passionate love that drives him to greater and greater feats of wickedness. His makeup is minimal but evocative, and his glowing eyes peer from a ghastly visage of pure malevolence.

Fans of the 1999 version of THE MUMMY, an excellent film in its own right, may not find the original to be quite what they're looking for. The action is much more sparse, to say nothing of the special effects, but nonetheless this first of all Mummy films is a true classic of its genre, a bizarre venture into the Unknown that deserves to never be entirely forgotten.

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The Mummy (Universal Legacy Series)

We take these old movies camping and love to watch. This is one of the best from the 1930s.

A Doomed Love Story With Horrific Overtones...

...has always been my take on THE MUMMY even when I first saw it as a child. I was fascinated by the Karloff character in the beginning and then felt sorry for him when I realized that he did it all for love. His hypnotic powers were awesome especially the shots of his eyes glowing in their blackened eye sockets. The power of the scarab ring to bring death and the pool of dry ice created lasting memories that have lingered years after first having seen them. And then there was Zita Johann! She was my first real crush to come from the movies. Her face was so striking and her voice seemed so exotic. As I got older, her pre-code evening dress and Princess costume had their own appeal as well. What a pity she made so few films (check out THE SIN OF NORA MORAN to see her at her best). Along with the 1935 THE WEREWOLF OF LONDON, it is my favorite Universal film from their first great horror cycle.

This Universal Legacy Series release (which missed the 75th anniversary by one year) recycles the earler DVD incarnation of the film which is fine as that was a quality release with a cleaned up print and a remastered soundtrack which sounds better than ever. This time around there is a second DVD of bonus features which is highlighted by Kevin Brownlow's Photoplay Production of UNIVERSAL HORRORS which traces the development of Universal as THE horror studio starting back in the silent era with THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. There are numerous plugs for the new MUMMY series with Brendan Fraser and while those are good films by the standards of today (today's audiences would find the original WAY too slow and lacking in action), they lack the atmospheric poetry of the original. For those who are able to respond to it, the 1932 MUMMY remains a unique, dreamlike experience.

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i love it

hi i wached this movie at camp last thursday i love it i it is about this mummy that goes ariund in the woods and he gets lost on his way over and i love this movie so far it is pretty good my friend told her aunt to rent this and she said it was good i said i would try it for my sister actaly she does love the lion king and more of what she loves to do around there when she is around me we wach movies every day when sne was little and we still do like barnety waiting for santa but i do not mind becaise i dtill do love this video as much as my sister does we like this is emely yeoung cjristian

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THE MUMMY

THE MOVIE ITSELF ALWAYS WILL REMAIAN "THE CLASSIC" AS ONLY KARLOFF COULD PERFORM. BUT ALSO TO ADD TO THIS GREAT VIDEO, WAS THE VIDEOS GIVING BACKGROUND ANALOGY ON THE MUMMY. NEEDLESS TO SAY, A GREAT PKG !!

Boris Karloff's legendary performance has become a landmark in screen history as a mummy who is accidentally revived after 3700 years.System Requirements:Running Time: 74 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/CLASSICS Rating: NR UPC: 025195018838 Manufacturer No: 61102385