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Best movie ever!
Fairaher
The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
Voxitype
Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
Platypuschow
The Mummy's Shroud is the third of four Hammer Horror "The Mummy" movies and thus far sadly this is the worst.With no star power, a weak looking mummy and exactly the same plot as before it really is a weak link.Stop me if you've heard this one. A group go on an excavation, uncover a tomb but find themselves besieged by a mummy and get picked off one by one.This time however at least there is no reincarnated love interest for how horny bandage wearer!Dull, lifeless, with few characters worth a damn and a script that feels highly recycled. Maybe I'm burning myself out watching all of these back to back, but this failed to entertain on any level.The Good:Interesting finale......kinda ofThe Bad:Worst looking mummy yetVery dullNo originalityThings I Learnt From This Movie:Wine does not go in the earAll Egyptians have bad teeth
Leofwine_draca
Unfairly put upon by critics and fans alike, THE MUMMY'S SHROUD remains a classic Egyptian adventure which will greatly entertain when given the chance. The plot is unremarkable - even clichéd, a simple variation every mummy film has ever used since Karloff's original classic, but the strength of the film lies in the characterisations, especially that of Stanley Preston, a superb performance by John Phillips (who has one of those familiar faces) of hypocrisy, greed, contempt, and sheer unfeelingness.A lot of the film concentrates on his relationship with the poor assistant, played by Michael Ripper, and the two spark each other off nicely in their many conversations. These scenes, although brief, are numerous and hugely enjoyable. Andre Morell also stars as a father-like figure, this time with his hair floured grey, and he comes off the worse for wear. Maggie Kimberley is the token blonde bombshell, but remains an intelligent character, while the villain of the piece is played by non-other than Roger Delgado, the Master himself from DR WHO! It's good to see Delgado in another typically villainous role, even if his stereotypical mad Arab is a somewhat racist portrayal.The mummy story is familiar to horror fans, even down to the Egyptian flashback, but a nice score complements the action as it unfolds. This time the sets are also different, as the location is Egypt, instead of the fog-bound London we have in CURSE OF THE MUMMY'S TOMB (which, incidentally, is inferior to this film), which makes a refreshing change. The deaths in the film, although few and far between, are spectacular.The highlight of the film is the smashing ending in the museum, where the survivors battle the invincible mummy, using axe and gun to no effect as it rampages through the cases and other antiques. The final disintegration is also superb, one of the best deaths I've seen in a Hammer film, and also pretty macabre (just what I like to see). THE MUMMY'S SHROUD will win no awards for originality but it remains a thoroughly enjoyable, and old-fashioned, horror romp.
GL84
Returning from an expedition, the crew members who brought a royal mummy back to town find themselves being stalked and killed by the revived mummy and try to stop its deadly rampage.This one actually turned out to be quite decent overall as there's a lot to like here but does have some big flaws here. One of the biggest pluses to this is the rather enjoyable action scenes that have a lot of rather kinetic, enjoyable fun to them, whether it's the opening assault taking place in historical Egypt or the exploration of the tomb, as both of these manages to feature some enjoyable and surprising aspect to not only keep them moving along but also feature some suspenseful moments to match the spectacle. Other action scenes, especially the resurrection flashback which utilizes the great eye-moving trick before getting out of the coffin while the unaware victim keeps reading off the scroll until the fateful attack, the first attack in the gypsy's' lair as it appears behind the beaded door and especially the second attack in the photography studio where the reflection in the solution lead to a wild brawl that gets quite fun throughout the rather brief time but ends on a blast with the flaming acid signaling a rather impressive scene. As well, the finale here works incredibly well by featuring the appeasement attempt before it resurrects and begins brawling and chasing them around the exhibit before finally having the fun of getting the mummy turned to stone so there's plenty of exciting action placed there to get this one on a high-note. Still, there's a few things that hold this one back, most notably the subplot about the doctor being placed in an asylum which has little if anything to do with the film itself and isn't really given any sort of justification why. It plays it off as if that was how the end result for him all along was going to play out, yet then has him break out anyway which causes a series of logic problems with incarcerating him in the first place. Likewise, it's all part of the problem with this one as it really holds off the mummy getting involved until really late into this one by being resurrected pretty late and note really getting a lot to do with this scenes of the crew waiting around for it to come to life. That it has to go back to resting instead of going out as a hunter for the full-time does make this tend to feel a bit repetitive having to go into the resurrection each time out, but overall isn't all that bad.Today's Rating/PG: Violence.
Theo Robertson
The 1959 Hammer version of THE MUMMY works both as a classy atmospheric horror movie and a film with a political subtext and I have very good memories of it . In theory this sequel of sorts should have a lot going for it not least because it stars Andre Morell , an actor who could make a shopping list compelling if he read it out loud . So I sat back ready to enjoy THE MUMMY'S SHROUD With hindsight I was too optimistic . Or rather not too optimistic just a victim of a cinematic scam . Morell despite heading the cast list doesn't make an appearance until relatively late in the running time and is quickly written out so that's one good reason for not watching . The other reason is that the Mummy of the title is equally short on screen time . So instead of seeing an atmospheric horror film like the original Hammer version we have a bunch of posh Englanders standing around in a studio set talking in posh accents about nothing much in particular . As I said prepare to be scammed for a very dull 86 minutes of your life
