The Mummy

Who doesn't love a thirty-seven hundred year old love affair........thru the ages!! One of the great ones

Karloff is amazing in this.

I love the classic horror films. No million dollar special effects needed, just a good story,musical score, and an excellent actor to play the lead. Boris Karloff was the best!

The Mummy is my favorite Universal monster and this is my favorite film. No Lon Chaney walking at 1/2 mile an hour here - boy those victims are dumb, and SLOW! - you see Karloff made up as the Mummy for about 30 seconds but boy is he creepy. And man does Karloff bring Im-Hotep alive - he he - this is one nasty 3000 year old dude folks - do not mess with him. He is a man on a mission and its to get his old girlfriend Zita Johann - very good here - back. Zita really does look sort of exotic and fits right in. Of course, Edward Van Sloan is here as Dr. Mueller, of Vienna. Wow, this is a great film. And you even feel a little sorry for Karloff - 3000 years in hell for loving the Pharoh's daughter seems a little stiff, and so is Karloff after 3000 years. Check it out. A movie ahead of its time - well made, well acted, well directed and simply well done. These films went on to become Monsters-R-Us but the originals, Frankenstein, Dracula and the Mummy are darn good films with some real thought in them. And Karloff can act too - its forgotten but check him out as an actor in Dracula and Frankenstein - he has talent. Unlike, say, House of Dracula, featuring the Hunchback nurse and the usual suspects. I still love them though - WWII classic monsterthons! Karloff's The Mummy - - - Check it out. Fine filmmaking. You go Boris! The Whispering Squah

When someone mentions The Mummy, the first thing in the minds of some would be a bandaged ghoul obediantly assassinating the archaeologists who disturbed his tomb. He is usually under the control of an Kemetist Egyptian priest, who breathes life into the mummy via a sacred scroll's spell or some sort of magical soup compound. The only components of the genre found in the film that started it all are the ressurection scroll and the methodical killing of the archaeologists. Imhotep is a man, not a monster, and his goals are not evil, but he will do whatever he deems necessary to acheive the goal of sacrificing a wealthy young woman who bears the reincarnated spirit of Imhotep's lover, Ankhensenamon. Karloff's betrayal of the ancient High Priest of Karnak is captivating as the Mummy's gaze, and the supporting cast is believable. All of the characters are sympathetic, which guarantees that in the end, you will feel bad for the Mummy, thoguh you know that you shouldn't. Whther you feel happy for the heroes is something you will need to decide on your own. All in all, it is an excellent classic.

I like it

Excellent! Hadn't seen this old gem in decades. Reminded me of my childhood watching Creature Features with my Mom and my cousin. Thw "Wolfman" is next. = - )

By the way folks, don't think that this is a mummy that walks around and strangles people to death while wearing bandages (that's the sequels that follow a different mummy, Kharis). This one follows Im-Ho-Tep, a mummy who wants to resurrect his dead girlfriend. This is a good movie and I recommend it to anybody. Before anybody watches the remake, I suggest that you watch this movie and perhaps one of those with the other Mummy, Kharis, to see the similarities. Enjoy!

The first time I watched this movie, I loved it. It only gets better everytime I watch it. Borris Karloff just nails the role as the mummy, as well as being his first speaking roll. This mummy isn't wrapped up in bandages, and mindlessly kills people, like most people think. A great classic, and one of Karloff's best roles.

Of course, by today's standards it would seem corny... some of the acting is a bit questionable, though Karoff is always superb, and the story contrived (but compared to todays unimaginative, copycat, remake and sequel successes, at least it was original). It is the quintessential, daddy of them all, mummy movies. I saw this as a young kid and of all the big monsters of the day, Frankenstein, the Wolf Man, Dracula, the Creature From the Black Lagoon.... I was afraid only of the Mummy. Because of this movie.