The Mummy (1932)

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During a 1921 archaeological dig, the expedition members discover a sarcophagus in an unmarked grave. It in fact contains the mummy of priest Im-Ho-Tep (Boris Karloff), who was buried alive 3,700 years ago as a punishment for attempting to bring a vestal virgin he loved back to life. Returned to life, Tep adopts the garb of a modern Egyptian and goes in search of his former love, echoes of whose physical form he finds in expedition member Helen Grosvenor (Zita Johann).

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Review by Clinton Morgan on 23rd August 2004

About as slow as a race between a slug and a snail on a marble fireplace and all the better for it. Boris Karloff gives an etheral, tragic but above all frightening performance. A (dead) man who will stop at nothing to get what he wants is more terrifying than a lumbering A+E patient with his arms outstretched. A slow pace works for this film because like the powers of the mummy the film is very hypnotic. This is a beautiful and poetic film. The Universal Horrors directed by James Whale are excellent and entertaining but there is something divine about Karl Freund's debut. Hollywood has made Orphee long before Jean Cocteau ever did.

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