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The Mummy's Shroud

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5.5/10 • 51

1967-03-151h 30m

Horror

Beware the beat of the cloth-wrapped feet!

Archaeologists discover the final resting place of a boy king, removing the remains to be exhibited in a museum. By disturbing the sarcophagus they unleash the forces of darkness. The Mummy has returned to discharge a violent retribution on the defilers as the curse that surrounds the tomb begins to come true. One by one the explorers are murdered until one of them discovers the ancient words that have the power to reduce the brutal killer to particles of dust.

Directors
John Gilling
Editors
Chris Barnes

Top Billed Cast

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  1. André Morell

    André Morell

    Sir Basil Walden

  2. John Phillips

    John Phillips

    Stanley Preston

  3. David Buck

    David Buck

    Paul Preston

  4. Elizabeth Sellars

    Elizabeth Sellars

    Barbara Preston

  5. Maggie Kimberly

    Maggie Kimberly

    Claire de Sangre

  6. Michael Ripper

    Michael Ripper

    Longbarrow

  7. Tim Barrett

    Tim Barrett

    Harry Newton

  8. Richard Warner

    Richard Warner

    Inspector Barrani

  9. Roger Delgado

    Roger Delgado

    Hasmid

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John Chard

Apr 20, 2020

6/10

Beware the beat of the cloth-wrapped feet! The Mummy's Shroud is directed by John Gilling who also co-adapts the screenplay with Anthony Hinds. It stars André Morell, John Phillips, David Buck, Elizabeth Sellars, Maggie Kimberly and Michael Ripper. Music is by Don Banks and cinematography by Arthur Grant. Mezzera, Egypt, 1920, and an expedition to find the tomb of Pharaoh Kah-to-Bey gets more than they bargained for when they unearth a shroud adorned with the ancient writings of life and death... The third instalment of Hammer Films forays into Mumified based Egyptology, The Mummy's Shroud follows the standard formula but never the less entertains in undemanding fashion. Released as the support feature to Frankenstein Created Woman (not Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed as listed in some quarters since that was two years later), it's nicely photographed, stoically performed by the cast (especially by Hammer hero Ripper who gets a meaty role) and is pacey enough to uphold the interest. The violence aspects are strongly constructed, but kept mostly in suggestive terms as per visual enticements, and how nice to see the lead ladies here be more than token cleavage. This was the last Hammer feature to be made at Bray Studios, so it has some poignant significance in the history of Hammer Films. It's not a great send off for Bray, but it's unmistakably one of those Hammer Horror films that fans of the studio's output can easily spend the evening with and not feel it has been time wasted. 6.5/10

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Status
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Original Language
English
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Keywords
egyptmummymurdercursesnake bitearchaeologisttombancient egyptarcheologypharaoh1920s