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The equally great Peter Cushing is, as usual, brilliant in the role of the scientist John Banning. 'The Mummy' has a unique elegance in settings and colors, and some of the scenes, which I won't give away, are truly immortal moments of Gothic greatness. Yet it is more than understandable that Lee was fond of this film. It is hard to say why, as the role that initially earned him his status as one of Horror's all-time greatest was certainly that of Dracula my guess is that he must have gotten tired of the Dracula role after a while. And what could be more entertaining for a lover of Gothic greatness than seeing a vengeful Egyptian Mummy haunt a Hammer-style Victorian England, even more so if this vengeful Mummy is played by none other than the all-mighty Christopher Lee? Lee himself once stated that this was his personal favorite of his Hammer films. The desecration of the grave of the priestess unleashes a curse, which awakes the vengeful guard Kharis (Christopher Lee) who had been buried with the priestess. When British archaeologists, one of them John Banning (Peter Cushing) discover an ancient Egyptian tomb, they open the grave of a priestess who died 4000 years earlier. And while this is not quite as brilliant as the two aforementioned films, in my opinion, 'The Mummy' is definitely a great and wonderfully picturesque Horror film that can easily be considered a Hammer Classic. After the success of 'The Curse Of Frankenstein' (1957) and 'Horror Of Dracula' (1958), two true Classics which revolutionized British Horror cinema, Hammer's dream-team, Horror-icons Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, screenwriter Jimmy Sangster and director Terence Fisher reunited for 'The Mummy' (aka. While no other Mummy film has ever come close to the brilliance of the Karloff film, Hammer's 1959 re-telling of the story is easily my second-favorite of all Mummy films I've seen. The only Mummy film that I would really consider an absolute masterpiece is Karl Freund's brilliant 'The Mummy' of 1932 starring Boris Karloff. And I don't mean to say that there were too few Mummy films made, but that great Mummy films are quite rare.

But having said thatвЂ¦ is doing a Mummy 4 a good idea in the first place? Yes, I think there is potential, but that doesnвЂ™t mean itвЂ™s a good idea necessarily.Egyptian Mummies are fascinating creatures - yet I am sure that I'm not standing alone with the opinion that their representation in Horror cinema is a bit weak compared to other Horror creatures. Ok, if there is going to be a Mummy 4, then IвЂ™ll say that I like the idea of moving geographical locations around the world, and South America could be a great setting for it. We wondered then, somewhat rhetorically, did they talk about it with each other beforehand? You bet, Cohen said, declaring that Peru or Mexico would absolutely be the setting for вЂњMummy 4.вЂќ Geographically, they were too close for coincidence. When we caught up with Fraser a few months later, he suggested Peru. When we spoke to Maria Bello in February, she was adamant that there would be more вЂњMummyвЂќ movies, even going so far as to predict the fourth would take place in the Amazon. And not only will there be another Mummy film (by his prediction) but that the next one will probably take place in South America. As a matter of fact, director Rob Cohen is practically guaranteeing there will be another installment (he should probably hold off on guarantees until after he sees the box office results). There is already talk about a Mummy 4 film. I still think there is potential in the characters and world of The Mummy, and maybe one major strike out doesnвЂ™t mean all hope is lostвЂ¦ but a lot of enthusiasm is.

The mummy movie trailer series#

Does that mean The Mummy series should die now? WellвЂ¦ maybe not.

The Mummy 3 does have its moments and I like where they were trying to go with it, but I just found the execution failed to get me into the movie. That was, up until The Mummy 3 which was just a horrible movie.ДonвЂ™t get me wrong. Totally empty calories, zero nutritional value, but for one reason or another IвЂ™ve enjoyed consuming them to a certain extent. To me The Mummy franchise has been like a bowl of ice cream.