Screenplay:
Christopher WickingCinematography:
Arthur GrantComposer:
Tristram CaryCast:
Andrew Keir, George Coulouris, David Jackson, Valerie Leon, Aubrey Morris, James Villiers, James Cossins, Rosalie Crutchley, Harry Fielder, Joan Young (more)Plots(1)
Margaret (Valerie Leon) suffers a recurring nightmare in which she sees an ancient Egyptian queen, to whom she bears an uncanny resemblance, sealed up in a sarcophagus. The priests who entomb her first chop off her hand, before throwing it to jackals. They are then killed by a mysterious and powerful force that lacerates their throats. Margaret’s father, Professor Fuchs (Andrew Keir), gives her a ring that he discovered in the tomb of Queen Tera 20 years before - the ring was on the queen’s disembodied hand. At the moment Fuchs discovered the Queen’s perfectly preserved, still bleeding, body, Margaret’s mother died giving birth to her. When a certain celestial conjunction is complete, and three key artefacts are assembled by Tera’s corpse, the evil sorceress will be reborn. (StudioCanal UK)
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I don't know if it's nostalgia for Blood from the Mummy's Tomb being the last film in the series or because there's a beautiful woman in the lead role, but I simply enjoyed it the most out of all four mummy films from Hammer. It seemed the most terrifying to me, and the bloodiest, which doesn't necessarily equate to horror, but in this case, it works, and it was also sexy. For me, simply above average for the first time with a Hammer mummy film.
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Blood from the Mummy's Tomb is a beautifully colorful, old-school, albeit rather unsurprising and uninteresting Hammer Films production. In addition, while the lead actress may have all the necessary attributes to lure the audience to the cinema through her promotional photos, I believe a dead fish would have acted better.
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