the mummy's ghost review

Hide Spoilers. | Unable to speak, really. We don't know. In that film Kharis the Mummy (Lon Chaney) perished in a house fire. Why? He lives again (with no explanation on how he survived) in another venture set on American soil in a college town ten years after his last stalk. Is she drawn to the tana leaves, the hypnotic prayers of the high priest, or Kharis' presence itself? It was still a fun way to spend an hour, watching this 70-something year old film, but it didn’t capture my imagination quite the same way. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give “The Mummy’s Ghost” a 6. The poster for The Mummy’s Ghost promises, “All new terror!” an important distiction since the previous Mummy plunged 10-minutes of stock footage into the opening reel. Regal Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! 4 days and was in very good condition. Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified. The Wolf Man. There are compelling little touches in this movie that the others lack. Your Ticket Confirmation # is located under the header in your email that reads "Your Ticket Reservation Details". This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 6 reels. Despite the increasingly familiar nature of these Mummy sequels, this one still has enough to make it brisk and enjoyable. Thanks, CAL, Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2013. Forgot your password? Chaney had been hitting the bottle and was pumped. I saw the scene where Virginia Christine emerges from her grave in a Louisiana swamp as a little kid, and it never left me. The signs of laziness set in almost immediately. Even as a kid, the realization that I could outwalk Kharis even on a bad day rendered him far, far less frightening than the other monsters who populated Universal movies (Frankenstein, Wolfman, Dracula, etc.). Not all love is lost. Nary a ghost to be found, and The Mummy is silly. "The Mummy's Ghost" is haunting and unforgettable thanks to the appearance of probably the most ravishing starlet to ever grace the screen: Ramsey Ames. An Egytlogist professor (Frank Reicher) has been carrying out experiments and the jealous Kharis makes his appearance. This video is unavailable. The event that happened some 30 years ago was Banning uncovering Princess Ananka's tomb and bringing the mummy's curse on his family. Coming Soon, Regal |, September 13, 2005 THE MUMMY'S GHOST (Universal, 1944), directed by Reginald LeBorg, marks the return of Kharis, the living mummy, for the first time on screen since THE MUMMY'S TOMB (1942) where he met his doom in a blaze of fire in the Frankenstein monster tradition. Just below that it reads "Ticket Confirmation#:" followed by a 10-digit number. With each encounter with Kharis her hair starts to get white streaks like the Bride of Frankenstein. What does all this have to do with The Mummy’s Ghost? Unable to speak, really. Both movies are short, about hour each, so it's possible to watch both at one sitting. Indeed, "Mummy's Curse" is probably my favorite of the whole series, an opinion that certainly puts me at odds with most everyone else reviewing these films. There is a story that LeBorg told about the scene where Kharis strangles Prof Norman. The Mummy shambling through the night , assaults enemies and attacks unfortunate people. ( Log Out /  Starting before the break of dawn and by the end of the day, you’re ripping off the mask just to allow your skin to taste fresh air once more. There's a problem loading this menu right now. The ending though was quite a surprise which with the predictability of this movie was quite different than what I expected. Each film has a nice main menu. There was a little more print damage on "The Mummy's Ghost" than on the Laser release, but the picture quality was stronger overall, due to DVD transfer process. Countless hours in Jack Pierce’s chair. Sign up here. Now being controlled by Yousef Bey : John Carradine, the living mummy Karis : Lon Chaney Jr , is again back to life in New England , and along the way causing deaths , chaos and destruction . So I sort of randomly chose one from the list of movies that were remaining on his list at that time. A small detail, perhaps, but only on a number of such small details can a convincing suspension of disbelief be created and sustained. Lon Chaney, Jr.'s back as the mummy, despite seemingly dying in the last film (we never saw an actual death, to be fair). Once you put it in the player, you choose which movie you want to view. Vera West does brilliant job in designing Ames beautiful white silk gowns. Surprising ending too! He originally wanted Acquanetta as the heroine but this sultry starlet fell and injured her shoulder on the first day of shooting. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Here we have the 3rd of 4 movies in Universal's Mummy series. But they are some of the most boring, lifeless (pun intended) deaths ever seen on-screen. I'll start off by reviewing the product. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password. The writers, at least as credited, were nearly the same. Ramsay was 'discovered' by fellow Universal contractee Allan Jones at a Miami Beach nightclub and brought to Universal by same in early 1943. | Rating: 3/5, September 23, 2003 |, October 14, 2013 The mummy’s motivations did not make much sense to me in Curse; however, in Ghost, the motivations are made a little more clear and we can understand now why the mummy is so murderous. To a child, however, the scene was an empty vessel ready to be filled with imaginary images of fearsome things. The definitive site for Reviews, Trailers, Showtimes, and Tickets This time high priest George Zucco sends John Carradine after the infidels. Or my expectations are higher. However, (what's this?!) This film series does not include Universal's and Karloff's The Mummy (1932). In Curse, Chaney seemed too constrictive. The story of “The Mummy’s Ghost” is nothing groundbreaking, as a princess falls in love with a commoner, and the pair end up cursed to eternally search for each other. That sideways shuffle got to me as well. Additionally, Lon Chaney desperately tries to breathe a little life into his character, particularly at the end when he obviously objects to Carradine's plan for the young lady.

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