BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY'S TOMB (1971) ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Seth Holt
Andrew Keir, Valerie Leon, James Villiers,
George Coulouris, Hugh Burden, Mark Edwards,
Rosalie Crutchley, Aubrey Morris, David Markham
You wouldn't think there'd be any blood left in the old sarcophagus after 5,000 years, but this is no ordinary mummy. It's an Egyptian queen who's made it into the 20th century miraculously preserved, except for her right hand, which was lopped off long ago and literally thrown to the dogs. Now her spirit has started to slip into the body of a woman who looks just like her, and the severed hand has escaped from its box (having survived the dogs, I guess), and is crawling around on its own. This was the Hammer Studio's last mummy movie, and it's okay, as mummy movies go. James Villiers acts like he's trying to channel Kenneth Williams from the "Carry On" films, and the ending's playfully twisted. It's based on a novel by Bram Stoker, and the character played by David Markham is called "Tod Browning". Coincidence? Probably not.
