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5.0 out of 5 stars
Day of the Jackal,
By Paul Ess. (Holywell, N.Wales,UK.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blood From The Mummy's Tomb [DVD] (DVD)
Stylish thriller from the inventive pen of Christopher Wicking, who also wrote the schizo-horror 'Demons of the Mind' for Hammer, and the rubato Price/Lee/Cushing updating of the Frankenstein story, 'Scream and Scream Again'.
Wicking's forte seems to be taking traditional themes and stereotypes and subverting them, seemingly superficially, but with an interesting, insidious edge. Here for example, we have a mummy movie without a mummy (in the accepted sense), but everything else besides: desecration, curses, sacred scrolls, reincarnation, possession, revenge; all the requisite ingredients are active and abundant. All we're lacking is a dim, 7 foot galoot looking like he's just escaped from the nearest NHS burns unit.. It's no loss, in fact it's not that much of a departure. Karloff was only briefly bandaged in the 30's version (still the best by a yard) and 'BFTMT' does buck its own trend with a fine, almost conciliatory ending. Meanwhile, the bulk of 'BFTMT' is very good. Valerie Leon is excellent (though strangely sexless...me?) in the dual role of Margaret - daughter of grumpy Egyptologist Julian Fuchs; and Tera - the mystical hieroglyph harpy who possesses her and lands her with a throbbing 3,000 year old itch to rule the world. Tera is a ruthless force of nature. Aided by plummy James Villiers as the dastardly Corbeck, an ex-colleague of Margaret's father, she cuts a bloody swathe through the game, but unfortunate, Brit character actors lined up in front of her like resignedly doomed dogs on a Korean market. And the murder scenes are brilliantly executed: one in an asylum, another in a refreshingly different dark alley and finally at a frenzied medium's parlour. Each victim's throat ripped out by the spirits of Tera's 'familiars' -which Margaret needs to collect for her resurrection ceremony. The plot is typical Wicking; convoluted but engaging. Based on a story by Bram Stoker, it's given lustre and intelligence well beyond the staid Victoriana of its source and carries fabulous threat and malevolence as it goes about it's beastly business. The music by Tristam Carey is some of the best I've heard in a genre movie (the owl-eared among you will notice it's the same score as the later sexploitation cruelty-riot 'Ilsa-Haremkeeper of the Oil Sheiks'. Hammer selling the score for use in that shameful breast-fest cheapens it somewhat, but it's still superb). It lilts and floats then delivers a satisfying sting, particularly in the flash-back sequences where it firmly establishes its epic theme and is genuinely, slyly eerie. Director Seth Holt died (of hiccups!) during shooting, so Michael Carreras finished the film, but it's all pretty seamless, and drips mood and elan from every frame. Not without flaws, but a lively, colourful, cliché-less chiller from a reliably blood-drenched source. 4 ½ stars.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Stoker's story given a Hammer makeover.,
By Spike Owen "John Rouse Merriott Chard" (Birmingham, England.) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)
This review is from: Blood From The Mummy's Tomb [DVD] (DVD)
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb is out of Hammer Film Productions and is directed by Seth Holt. It's adapted for the screen by Christopher Wickling from the novel The Jewel of Seven Stars written by Bram Stoker. It stars Valerie Leon, Andrew Keir, Mark Edwards, James Villiers, Hugh Burden and Aubrey Morris. Music is by Tristram Cary and photography Arthur Grant. Plot sees Egyptologist's unearth the tomb of evil Queen Tera and quickly find themselves up to their necks in death and reincarnation nastiness.
Released as the support feature to Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde, Blood from the Mummy's Tomb became notable for its troubled production. Peter Cushing was cast as Julian Fuchs but after only one day's filming had to leave the production to be with his gravely ill wife. The part was filled by Andrew Keir. Tragedy struck the production with only one week of filming left, when director Seth Holt died on set of a heart attack, he was 48 years old. Michael Carreras (The Curse of Frankenstein/The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb) came in and took control for the last week of filming. Budgeted at just £200,000 the film was not made at the usual Hammer Studio in Bray, but at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire. In spite of its production problems and wee budget, this fourth Mummy offering from Hammer is surprisingly good fun. It doesn't boast the great sets that the others had, and no star wattage in the cast to grab the attention of the passer by, but it's nicely polished, well acted and has a good source story to work from. The horror elements are a little tame, yet this is offset by tight atmospherics and a dream like sense of dread that pervades the unfolding story. Nothing wrong with the acting either. Leon is one of Hammer Horror's most sensual actress' and she holds her end up well in the drama stakes too. True, the guys around her are literally playing second fiddle to her flighty, smoldering performance, but all the cogs fit where they should to keep the film totally professional. One of Hammer's better late efforts, where the familiarity of the "revenge from the grave" plot is given impetus by good writing and smart acting performances. 6.5/10
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
classy horror,
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This review is from: Blood From The Mummy's Tomb [DVD] (DVD)
i enjoy this film sooo much and feel that this is a very effective hammer film and works fantastically well.
it is over the top on some scenes but nevertheless a gem in the hammer crown. i myself have watched countless times along with plague of the zombies/quatermass and the pit/dracula prince of darkness/the devil rides out(my favourite). recommend to everyone.
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