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Name: The Mummy (1932)
Released: 1932-12-22
Cast: Arthur Byron, Boris Karloff, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan, Zita Johann

The Mummy (1932)

NR
1h 13m
1932

89%

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Boris Karloff's legendary performance has become a landmark in the annals of screen history. As the mummy, Im-Ho-Tep, he is accidentally revived after 3,700 years by a team of British archaeologists. It is revealed in a flashback that he was a high priest, embalmed alive for trying to revive the vestal virgin whom he loved, after she had been sacrificed. Alive again, he sets out to find his lost love. Today, over 50 years after The Mummy was first released, this brooding dream-like film remains a masterpiece not only of the genre, but for all time.

Director:

Karl Freund

Producer:

Carl Laemmle Jr.

Writer:

John L. Balderston

Cast:

Arthur Byron, Boris Karloff, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan, Zita Johann, Bramwell Fletcher, Noble Johnson, Kathryn Byron, Leonard Mudie, James Crane

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

89%

Critics Consensus: Relying more on mood and atmosphere than the thrills typical of modern horror fare, Universal's The Mummy sets a masterful template for mummy-themed films to follow.

Reviews

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Carson Timar

The film has worthwhile moments and strong performances but ultimately feels a bit lesser than the other Universal Monster films. It always feels like it is on the verge of being something great but it never reaches that.

It’s a shame that when audiences today hear the word “mummy” in relation to cinema, they think of that middling Brendan Fraser film and its imbecilic sequels (or, worse, that Godawful Dark Universe nonsense with Tom Cruise). This version is the real deal.

The Mummy remains a classic staple of horror and the mummy genre, transforming itself to the immortality of cinematic history.

Karloff's eyes glow with otherworldly menace...

Karloff delivers the kind of singular performance that carries the entire film. The indomitably cool Ardeth Bay remains one of the genre's defining achievements.

October 13, 2021

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