EDITOR’S NOTE: The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, April 23, 1966 at 1:00 a.m.
Directed, written and produced by Michael Carreras (with a little screenplay assist from Alvin Rakoff), The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb drops us straight into Egypt in the year 1900 as Englishmen John Bray (Ronald Howard) and Sir Giles Dalrymple (Jack Gwillim), alongside French Professor Eugene Dubois (Bernard Rebel) and his daughter/fiancée Annette (Jeanne Roland)—unearth Ra-Antef, the son of Ramesses VIII?
Naturally, an American promoter named Alexander King (Fred Clark) immediately ships all these priceless ancient artifacts back to London, wanting to put on lurid public exhibits to recoup his investment. Enter Adam Beauchamp (Terence Morgan), a wealthy arts patron who is shady from the second he steps onto the boat, and Hashmi Bey (George Pastell), who is ready to worship the mummy at a moment’s notice. Once they’re back in Blighty, Ra-Antef the Mummy (Dickie Owen) wakes up and starts taking care of business, knocking off expedition members one by one while everyone wanders around scratching their heads.
Hammer’s first Mummy movie is pretty great, but this follow-up and the previous sequel, The Mummy’s Shroud, don’t live up to it. This is coming from someone who loves mummy movies.
You can watch this on Tubi.
