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The Mummy's Hand/The Mummy's Tomb
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| Part No: | B00005LC4N |
| Manufacturer: | Universal Studios |
| MFG Part: | 61021407 |
| Customer Rating: | 4.0 / 5.0 |
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| See the original | 2007-11-21 | 2 / 5 |
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These two films are really rather poor. Even though they are mercifully short (Hand is 67mins and Tomb is 60mins) they have few redeeming qualities. The acting is at times rather wooden and in the case of the Mummys hand two of the heros are vaguely reminisent of Abbott and Costello. Whether this was intended I very much doubt.
The Mummy itself is a pretty clever makeup creation (no CGI remember) and there are one or two moments in both films where the closeups of the mummys face must have been pretty scary back in the 1940's. However any tension created is soon lost because the films are largely confined to one or two sets and the plots are pretty contrived and disbelief settles in quite quickly when you realise that the Mummy can only walk at 1.5 miles an hour. Naturally the characters in the film don't seem to grasp this important fact!
See the Boris Karloff original, which is one of the great Universal horror films. |
| ENTERTAINING, BUT FLAWED! THE MUMMY SEQUELS! | 2007-08-15 | 4 / 5 |
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| I don't consider either of these films sequels of the original Mummy. They do use footage in flashback, but they really have little to do with the classic original. There were four Mummy films made in the 40's and even though they are not classics they are tough to dislike. The two films on this set are better then the two on the last set. The DVD transfer is good but, the Legacy Collection is a better deal because you get all 5 Mummy movies in one package. The extras are very good on the Legacy set. |
| Mummy's Hand Review | 2007-04-22 | 1 / 5 |
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| Wallace Ford ruins this movie. He plays a comedic role as Babe and is featured so heavily, he turns Mummy's Hand into a bad comedy rather than a scary movie. One of the worse entries in the Universal horror frachise. |
| good old classic double feature | 2005-08-12 | 4 / 5 |
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| Two of the old classics on one disc. its the way the color movies should be. |
| SOLID "B" MOVIE ENTERTAINMENT | 2004-11-08 | 4 / 5 |
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The Mummy's Hand is the first sequel to the Mummy although it would not appear until eight years after the original. It opens by re-using footage from the original with just a few scenes re-shot showing Kharis stealing tana leaves replacing the scene where Karloff as Imhotep steals the scroll of Thoth.
We are introduced to Horror vet George Zucco as Andoheb, high Priest of Karnak and guardian of the secret tomb of princess Ananka. We are shown how he can control the mummy Kharis by giving him a fluid made of tana leaves.
Cut to Dick Foran as "Steve Banning", a down on his luck archeologist and his partner Babe Jensen. Banning makes a discovery of the location of Ananka's tomb and puts together an expedition to uncover the tomb, funded by American Magician The Great Solvini and his daugher Marta.
Soon, Andoheb sets Kharis on their trail to kill them after they discover Ananka's tomb.
The Mummy's Hand, and the later three sequels would all be "B" movies, re-using much stock footage. There isn't really much of a plot here other than to give Zucco a change to let the Mummy (played by western star Tim Tyler) run wild...well, shamble wild. But hey..the second sycle of Horror was running wild at Universal so they were cranking these out fast.
Foran is the usual handsome hero and Wallace Ford as Babe jenson provides the usual sidekick comic relief so common in these movies.
Certainly no classic and director Christy Cabanne was NO Karl Freund...but it's still a fun movie and a quick watch at just over 60 minutes.
"The Mummy's Tomb" is a direct sequel to the "Mummy's Hand and takes place 30 years later. Almost the entire first 12 minutes of the movie uses footage from the Mummy's Hand as Steve Banning, now an old man, relates the events of discovering Anankas tomb and fighting the Mummy Kharis, as he speaks to his son, John and his fiancee Isabel.
Universal was never above trying to save a few bucks by re-using footage from previous films.
We also find out that the High Priest Andoheb (George Zucco) and the mummy were not killed and that Andoheb is passing on guardianship of Kharis on to Mehemet Bey (Turhan Bey). He is to go to America and destroy Banning and his family for desecrating Ananka's tomb.
We now cut to Mapleton, MA, as Kharis begins his nighly rampages of revenge. Wallace Ford Reprises his role as "Babe" although strangely his last name is changed from Jensen to Hanson.
The other big change is Lon Chaney Jr. taking over in his first go as the Mummy, Kharis. He cuts a more imposing figure than Tim Tyler and the makeup was far superior as he appeared much more decrepit can decayed.
Overall it was a refreshing change to move the setting to the States where everyday people were encountering the Mummy in a terror. |
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