The Mummy's Hand/The Mummy's Tomb
by Christy Cabanne, Harold Young
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Actor: Dick Foran, Elyse Knox, George Zucco, John Hubbard, Wallace FordDirector: Christy Cabanne, Harold Young
Brand: Universal Studios
Writer: Ben Pivar
Writer: Griffin Jay
Writer: Henry Sucher
Writer: John L. Balderston
Writer: Maxwell Shane
Writer: Neil P. Varnick
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 131 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-07-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of The Mummy's Hand/The Mummy's Tomb
Movie Review: Arise, Mighty Kharis!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Whether you know it or not, most of what we think of when we think of the Mummy comes not from 1932's "The Mummy" with Boris Karloff, but rather from its sequals. Boris was only wrapped in the cloth for the first ten minutes of the movie as "Im-ho-tep", and then assumed the name "Ardath Bey," who was dressed and talked for the rest of the movie. But the limping, right-hand-wrapped-to-the-body, rampaging Mummy we know and love is Kharis.
"The Mummy's Hand" is not a sequel to the original "Mummy," but rather a whole new story. When a troup of American scientists (Dick Foran, Wallce Ford) discover the Princess Ananka, they venture farther on in the dusty, ancient catacombs of Egypt to find the 3,000 year old Kharis (minor cowboy actor Tom Tyler). Both mummies are prepared to go to America, but the mummies have a keeper, and when he discovers the plans of the archaeologists, the high priest brings Kharis to life with tana leaf tea.
Kharis and the high priest follow the Americans to New England, in order to retrieve Ananka, Kharis' love. Wandering the eerie countryside, all the while creating havoc, Kharis meets up with the Americans and Ananka in an exciting climax (watch for the cool "glowing eye" trick on the Mummy).
Overall, a great, creepy Universal monster movie with plenty of comic relief to keep things interesting.
Screenwriter Griffin Jay, who would co-write the rest of the sequal's screenplays, co-penned "The Mummy's Tomb" to follow up "The Mummy's Hand." This movie is more of a re-make of the previous movie, in that the mummy is hunting down those who "stole" his beloved princess. It starts with Steve Banning (Dick Foran), years later, regaling his story of the Mummy's discovery, and his apparent demise. What Banning didn't know was that the high priest (George Zucco again) appointed a new keeper for the Mummy (Turhan Bey). The high priest falls in love with a local girl, and wants Kharis to capture her. Kharis, revived with tana leaf tea, looks for her, scaring and killing several people throughout the towns.
All parties meet at the end, for the classic showdown.
"The Mummy's Tomb" is a great movie, albeit not the most original from a story perspective. Obviously, Universal's biggest pluses are the creepy sets, which oozes ATMOSPHERE! But the biggest news about this movie, as well as for the remaining two "Mummy" sequals, is that Universal wisely got the incredible Lon Chaney Jr. to play Kharis!
These first two "Mummy" sequals are great monster movies, and classics in their own rights!
Summary of The Mummy's Hand/The Mummy's Tomb
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