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The Mummy [VHS] [1959]

VHS ~ Peter Cushing

4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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Actors: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux, Eddie Byrne, Felix Aylmer
Directors: Terence Fisher
Writers: Jimmy Sangster
Producers: Anthony Nelson Keys, Michael Carreras
Format: HiFi Sound, PAL
Language English
Classification: PG
Studio: Warner Home Video
VHS Release Date: 1 May 2000
Run Time: 84 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00004CU52
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,969 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)
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#10 in Video > Classic Films > Horror & Suspense > 1950s
#10 in Video > Horror & Suspense > Hammer Horror

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Hammer's remake of the horror classic has been accused of falling between the simple integrity of the Karloff original and the swashbuckling, SFX romanticism of the 1998 version, but it has real strengths of its own. Principal among these is Christopher Lee, haughty and brutal as the High Priest and sorrowful, pathetic and menacing as the living mummy he has become for his crimes; his eyes convey a depth of dumb suffering and passion. Peter Cushing has rarely been so charismatic and elegant as he is in his role as the lame Egyptologist Banning, and veteran Felix Aylmer is touching as his doomed father. In the underwritten role of Banning's wife, with her strange resemblance to the dead Egyptian princess whose unearthing the Mummy is avenging, Yvonne Furneaux has at once charm and authority--she is plausibly a woman who might stop the avenging Mummy in its tracks. Terence Fisher directs with his usual efficiency and Gerard Schurmann contributes an atmospheric score, as effective in its high Egyptian pomp as in its sense of the English countryside. --Roz Kaveney

Synopsis

In 1895 an archeological team, led by Stephen Banning and his son John, discover the tomb of an Egyptian princess. The tomb is guarded by a 'living mummy' which will avenge all who desecrate the site.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Teaching Universal., 20 Nov 2000

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This is not only the best mummy movie ever made, it's also one of the finest films the Hammer studio ever gave us. Every shot in this film is like a beautiful painting, and everyone involved (cast & crew) are at their horror peak. Cushing is immaculate as always, and Lee is without comparison the ultimate bandaged one; simply the fastest and most furious mummy in movie history. A true monster classic all the way.

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3.0 out of 5 stars lacking that special ingredient., 7 Aug 2006

By	Mr. A. E. Ward Davies (Canterbury , England) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

the mummy films have never been hammer's most successful franchise, even though this one has peter cushing and christopher lee in it.
the plot is rather vague and too little happens until about the last 25 minutes, then suddenly the film picks up.
to be fair, there are some good scenes. it somehow feels reassuring to see christopher lee have some dialogue before he becomes mummified; the music is better than i thought; peter cushing is his usual dependable self.
however, despite the fact that the 1932 version by universal has its shortcomings, that film had boris karloff to help make it a success. karloff gives THE definitive portrayal of the mummy/high priest. he easily made it his own, but christopher lee is perfectly alright.
it seemed an age before the film was made available on video and then d.v.d, but it was worth the wait.
i wouldn't place this in the "hammer classics" category, but it's still good.

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