3.4.09

the mummy (1932)

aka Cagliostro. Im-Ho-Tep. King of the Dead .
An exhibition to Egypt uncovers a mummy, buried alive, for some sacrilegious reason. A mummy that then disappears. Ten years later a mysterious Egyptian arrives, could it be Im-ho-tep back from the dead?
Boris Karloff is in fine, menacing form in the role of Im-ho-tep, searching for and believing he has found his lost love. Everything in this film is set to a slow poetic pace which lends a dream like quality to this fine film.

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