

The Mummy
Torn from the tomb to terrify the world!
One by one the archaeologists who discover the 4,000-year-old tomb of Princess Ananka are brutally murdered. Kharis, high priest in Egypt 40 centuries ago, has been brought to life by the power of the ancient gods and his sole purpose is to destroy those responsible for the desecration of the sacred tomb. But Isobel, wife of one of the explorers, resembles the beautiful princess, forcing the speechless and tormented monster to defy commands and abduct Isobel to an unknown fate.
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- English
- princess
- mummy
- swamp
- remake
- murder
- curse
- nursing home
- tomb
- ancient egypt
- archaeological dig
- archeology
- egyptian tomb
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR16 Dec 1959
- PhysicalNRWarner Home Video #11199 [VHS] 88 minutes22 Sept 1989
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG25 Sept 1959
FranceFR
- Theatrical30 Dec 1959
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1630 Dec 1959
JapanJP
- Theatrical1 Aug 1959
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The Mummy was released on 1 August 1959.
Audience reviews
2- J8/10
John Chard
9/10/2019
Gorgeous & Creepy Hammer Horror Winner. Hammer Film Productions rework some of the classic Universal Studios mummy material to great effect. Directed by Terence Fisher, this is not a remake of the seminal 1932 movie of the same name. Starring Peter Cushing (John Banning), Christopher Lee (Kharis/The Mummy), Raymond Huntley (Joseph Whemple) and Yvonne Furneaux (Isobel Banning/Princess Ananka), the film is written …
- N10/10
Nutshell
2/8/2020
While falling a bit short of the earlier Frankenstein and Dracula "reboots" from Hammer, this one is still quite good, again due to the talents of Fisher, Cushing, and Lee. It's story, while borrowing many elements from the 1940s Universal sequels, is quite good and this is probably the best version of the Kharis character ever filmed. Christopher Lee's interpretation brings an aggressive, monstrous, and emoting mumm…
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