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Originally Posted by Gothmogxx  The Mummy (1932).
This is interesting because I didn't like it the first time: This was back in 2011/12ish time. It was around then (I was a 3rd year student in high school) that I re-watched The Shining, which again I didn't like in 1st year because it was nothing like I expected it to be. Upon re-watching it and knowing what was happening, I fully appreciated it as the masterpiece that it is. So I was hoping for a similar experience here.
I didn't get it.
King Kong, The Bride/Son/Ghost of Frankenstein, Them, Fiend Without A Face etc are great black and white films. But others like the Original Frankenstein and the Original Mummy (not counting the silent versions) I just find kind of... Boring. I hate saying that because both of them are so well regarded but in either case I prefer the films that come after for the most part.
It has a nice opening scene with the guy losing his mind and Boris Karloff is a good actor but I just feel like this Mummy has little to do in the film. That not Karloff's fault: he works well with what he has and his stare is menacing. But compared to the Christopher Lee creature or even the best one: The Arnold Vosloo creature from the two best Mummy films, it doesn't deliver.
Nice flashback about how he became the Mummy with some very (at the time) graphic violence but that's all I can really say. There's very little here that I find memorable. If I want horror then I'll watch the 1999 version. If I want action, with a little horror, then I'll watch The Mummy Returns.
But I am, for the first time, watching ALL the Universal monster films. So hopefully Kharis will deliver in the sequels, which I really hope I enjoy.
I feel bad for this but... the final score is 3/10. |
I think i disagree with pretty much all of this post.
Even mentioning
The Mummy Returns in the same breath as the Karloff version should see you shut in the depths of a pyramid for all eternity.
Still each to their own and all that. We can't all love the same films. And thank you for a nice long review.
Just a warning (to the curious) please don't ever watch any Val Lewton productions.
