Review of The Mummy's Curse (1944) by Jeff B — 15 Oct 2014

Moving the inaction of this series to the Louisiana Bayou, the Mummy gets extricated by archaeologists, only for an evil Egyptologist to resurrect him and his thoughts of endless love. For its plus, The Mummy's Curse boasts an original story not pieced together from other Universal Horror staples. Nonetheless, with this unnecessary go-round, this creature feature sputters to a stop simply because the series is out of gas.

In this unrated continuation of the Universal horror series, an irrigation project unearths Kharis the living mummy (Lon Chaney, Jr.), who was buried in quicksand 25 years earlier. And, of course, he goes on a killing spree.

Still a bit fun but shambling long past its sell-by date, this Mummy tale sees Chaney return for his last lead-footed turn as Kharis. Some new writers point the goings-on in a different direction but Curse, filmed the same year as Ghost, just can't distinguish itself away from its last 3 ragged forebears.

Bottom line: That's a Wrap.