Friday, 15 August 2014

The curse of Ananka

The Mummy (1959)

Directed by Terence Fisher this film stars Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux and George Pastell. 1895, in Egypt a team of British archaeologists uncover the tomb of a lost princess but are warned against disturbing it due to an ancient curse.

Being fairly well made this is another average monster horror from the Hammer Horror studio and you can see it's influence on the more recent 1999 film of the same name. Where the film falls down slightly is that there are long flash back exposition sequences that could probably have been handled better. Generally the film is well made for it's low budget and does a good job of capturing the Egyptian locations.


3/5

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