The Mummy - The Legacy Collection (The Mummy/Mummy's Hand/Mummy's Tomb/Mummy's Ghost/Mummy's Curse)
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Movie Reviews of The Mummy - The Legacy Collection (The Mummy/Mummy's Hand/Mummy's Tomb/Mummy's Ghost/Mummy's Curse)
Movie Review: This is what Steve Sommers liked.....
Summary: 1 Stars
Sommers movies are summer popcorn flicks with no story and that's it.
The Mummy films offered here are well dull. They have their cliched stories and predictable endings, and that's about it. And of course the DVD transfer is awful. Maybe that;s how Universal thinks of them too.
Movie Review: The Mummy - The Legacy Collection
Summary: 4 Stars
Great set! If you enjoy the old Universal horror classics then you will enjoy this. The Mummy has excellent mood and atmosphere. The sequels are a bit dated, still great fun though.Movie Review: Karloff,Tyler and Chaney-The Three Mummy's!
Summary: 4 Stars
This Universal DVD release of the original Mummy franchise,part of its' "Legacy Collection" and like the other entries in the series,is a must own for all true horror fans.
The first thing you notice about the original 1932 "The Mummy" is the atmosphere.Universal was the best,bar none, at creating gorgeous and elaborately dark and moody sets that appropriately generated just the right atmosphere.In this case it is ancient Egypt and in and around the pyramids.Why you can almost feel the dust and sand.
Boris Karloff plays the title role to a tee in the original 1932 picture ,fresh from his breakthrough role in "Frankenstein".He is Karis a high priest whose love Princess Ananka dies.He is so overcome with grief that he tries to bring her to life but is caught doing so.He is sentenced to death and is wrapped and buried alive.
About 2,500 years later in 1932 the tomb of Ananka is discovered by archeologists and is removed to a museum.Karis comes alive at this disturbance and becomes determined to re-awaken his love from her sleep.Her spirit flees into the body of a local woman.He tries to befriend the museum staff but things get just too frustrating and he takes matters into his own hands.He captures the woman in whose body the princess' spirit resides but she is confused and is having nothing to do with it all.She calls on Osiris to help her and the Egyptian Goddess strikes Karis down.
The franchise continues with The Mummy's Hand(1940).This time a Dr.Banning(recently from the Scripps Musueum) with his friend Babe are trying to find some kind of archeological find in Egypt that will restore the museums'faith in him.They find a piece of pottery which leads them to discover the tomb of Priness Ananka.A sect which has comes down through the ages dedicated to Karis and the Princess decide to kill the infidels who have dared to open and desecrate the tomb.They reawaken the Mummy(who apparently didn't toatlly kick it seven years earlier;played by Tom Tyler) who goes on a rampage killing everyone it can get its moldy clutches on.It is touch and go but in the end Dr.Banning and Babe come through it all with the Princess in their grasp and the Mummy "dispatched".
"The Mummy's Tomb"(1942) takes place about 30 years later with Dr.Banning and Babe that much older.The film begins with the good doctor talking to his son,sister and friends about his expedition 30 years before.Later that night the mummy sect ressurects Karis(played from now on by Lon Chaney) who sole aim is to kill every member of the expedition starting with Banning,which he does.The town is crawling with reporters as word spreads about the murder and the curse of the Mummy.An older Babe also shows up and he too succumbs in Karis' clutches.Bannings' son becomes the next target.The sect decides Karis should capture his girlfriend but the townsfolk set a trap and capture him on the second floor of a house.There they set it ablaze with the Mummy seemingly seared to a crisp.
"The Mummy's Ghost"(1944) takes place in the same town where Banning lived.This time a professor who had been involved with the Mummy case in the last film is first victim in this one.The leader of the Karis sect(John Carradine) seeks the spirit of the princess who this time seems to have inhabited another young girl in the town.He works out of a local cave/mine and eventually the killings in the town arouse the suspicions of everyone.The girl in question often talks strangely and has been found lying on the ground close to where the Mummy travels and kills.Finally she is captured by Karis and the chase is on.But this time the Mummy actually escapes carrying his "love" into a local swamp and the pair disappear into the quagmire never to be seen again.
Finally in the last installment "The Mummy's Curse"(1944) we find the owner of a construction company contracted to drain the very swamp the Mummy and his princess disappeared into some time before.The workers he has hired are of course jumpy and leary of the entire area to begin with with talks of curses and strange goings on.Unknowingly during their work they release the Mummy who is found by the co-hort of an archeologist sent to the swamp to investigate the mummy story.His cohort however has sinister plans and is really there to take the Mummy and the princess(if found) back to Egypt where they belong.They hold up in the ruins of an old monastery and do their works from that location.Around this time the woman in whose body the princess' spirit resides(from the last picture)also is inadvertantly uncovered and also comes to life.She is confused and dazed and is found by one of the local residents.But Karis finds her and kills everyone who would get in his way to keep her.The townspeople of course spring into action,again out for a piece of the mummys' hide.The chase leads to the old ruins where in the end the Mummy seemingly gets killed under the falling fragments of a corner of the monastery.
As the series progressed the films got slightly weaker with each successive one and the plot threads that bound each to the other got thinner also.But they were all solid money makers for the studios(some more so than others) and they all hold up pretty well today.
All films have been wonderfully restored.There is a documentary called"Mummy Dearest:A Horror Tradition Unearthed",there is film commentary for the original movie provided by film historian Paul Jensen,the "Mummy Archives" and all the original theatrical trailers are included.
All considering this set is a must have for all true horror fans.This Legacy collection gives us all a chance to see these films in a wonderfully restored and pristine condition as never before.They have been out for about four years now so before they disappear altogether may I suggest,if you haven't already,start your collection of this must have classic collection today.
Movie Review: Not as good as the other Universal collections
Summary: 2 Stars
Of all the Universal monster collections, this one is the worst. Even Boris Karloff can't save this one I'm afraid. Unfortunately, The Mummy and its sequels don't live up to the glory of the other monster collections (Frankenstein, Dracula, etc). I think The Mummy collection is also the worst of the film transfers, and even though I know how old these movies are, the other transfers to DVD are much better. Also, unless you are a true Mummy fan, the sequels included here (Mummy's Hand, Mummy's Curse, Mummy's Ghost, Mummy's Tomb) are just not that exciting. This is all personal preference of course, but compared to the other great collections, this one doesn't stand up.Movie Review: Classic Universal Hororr beats Big Budget Remake
Summary: 4 Stars
Halloween is my favorite celebration and I love classic, vintage horror movies. I think the original Mummy film is far more creepy, spooky and scarey than the most recent remake. And the special effects are ground breaking. I like the first of these films best, the story gets a bit redundant, but still enjoyable. Make some popcorn, turn down the lights and prepare for the hair on your neck and arms to stand on end. A must for a real classic horror fan's collection.