Review of Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971) by Eric R — 13 Jun 2009
This film is an adaptatation of a Bram Stoker novel which later served as the inspiration for the Charlton Heston horror-flick, THE AWAKENING. It was one of Hammer's last "Mummy" films but no shambling bandaged undead appear.
It appears that an evil Egyptian princess (played by the fetching Valerie Leonn) has been reincarnated as the daughter of one of the archeologists that violated the princesses' tomb and touched off a curse that starts claiming victims 20 years later when the daughter has matured into the fetching Valerie Leon.
Unlike other Hammer "Mummy" pictures, this film seems to be set in 'modern' (1971) London. It was a troubled production, one could say it was 'cursed.' Hammer producer Michael Carreras took over directing from Seth Holt at some point in the production.
Peter Cushing was supposed to play Leon's archeologist father but bowed out of the production when his wife took ill and died. Andrew Keir took over the role and other Hammer regulars, James Villiers and George Coulouris are along for the ride.
Its uneven, but better than the overblown bigger-budgeted AWAKENING.
This review of Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971) was written by Eric R on 13 Jun 2009.
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb has generally received mixed reviews.
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