Eric Stevenson I really am surprised that this movie has a rating of only 6.5. I admit that it's not as good as "Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein" but it's still quite funny. We even get a nice call back to the "Who's On First" routine. This time it's done with picks and shovels. I'm glad to be more familiar with Abbott and Costello. For a film made in the 1950's, I think it holds up pretty well. They're quite funny, even if they're not as good as the Marx Brothers.This movie features Abbott and Costello finding a magic medallion getting themselves involved in a mummy's curse. The movie is nicely paced. I believe this was the last Abbott and Costello movie. I don't see why people consider it one of their lesser films. There's great slapstick, especially with the people bursting through the ceiling. It's a nice looking film too. ***

JohnHowardReid Copyright 1955 by Universal-International. No recorded New York opening. U.S. release: June 1955. U.K. release: July 1955. Australian release: 17 November 1955. Sydney opening at the Lyceum as the lower half of a double bill with Foxfire. 79 minutes. Cut to 63 minutes in Australia. Alternative title: Meet the Mummy.SYNOPSIS: Abbott and Costello play two Americans who are stranded in Egypt. They hope to return home with an archaeologist. But he is murdered by members of a secret society. NOTES: The last of the twenty-nine pictures Abbott and Costello made for Universal. A studio press release notes that for their first movie, One Night in the Tropics (1940), the comedians were each paid $8,750. This had now increased to $100,000 each, plus a 25% each share of the profits. The studio felt that Abbott and Costello's popularity was now on the wane and that a 50% share of dwindling profits was no longer worth the trouble of keeping the comics on the payroll. Accordingly, their contract was dissolved-a move the studio was later to bitterly regret. Although MCA will not disclose actual figures, it is estimated that the corporation has grossed more than $60 million over the years for licensing A&C movies to domestic television alone. In other words, more than $2 million per film.COMMENT: Entertaining A&C comedy, but not one of their best! Charles Lamont's direction hovers around the routine mark, John Grant's screenplay often amounts to self-plagiarism and producer Howard Christies's budget is not as lavish as usual), but the boys are still happily in good form and they receive adequate support (though Richard Deacon is sadly miscast as the High Priest). Attractive photography by ace cameraman George Robinson proves another big asset.OTHER VIEWS: Abbott and Costello signed off from Universal in reasonable style with some typical verbal and slapstick routines in a fairly well produced, atmospherically photographed and competently directed vehicle that cleverly combined laughs with screams in line with many of their earlier successes. A great support cast helped too. Needless to say, Messrs A&C come across as delightfully incompetent boobs. However, Bud Abbott, the perennial straight guy, looks as if the wealth he's accumulated over his past thirty-plus pictures, has all gone to his stomach. He'll have to watch out or he'll soon be mistaken for his chubby partner. In the supporting cast, villainess Marie Windsor proves quite effective; but singer Peggy King seems to lack vocal power.Summing up: Satisfyingly shuddersome.

jacobjohntaylor1 This is a very funny movie. It is also scarier. I really I have to say it is scarier then The Shining. And that is not easy to do. It is not has scary has The Mummy's hand mind you. And not has scarier has The Mummy's tomb. It is also not has scary has The Mummy's ghost. Also it not scary has The Mummy's cure . The Mummy's cure is one of the scariest movie of all time. This is one of the funniest of all time. It has great acting. It also has great special effects. It also has a great story line. 6.5 is a good ratting. But this is such a great movie that 6.5 is underrating.

TheLittleSongbird Meet the Mummy is nowhere near Abbott and Costello's best(personal favourite is Meet Frankenstein) but while it is the weakest of their Meet...outings it is not quite one of their absolute worst. Compared to before Meet the Mummy is rather bland, but it does have a number of things that keep it from being terrible.The good news is that Abbott and Costello still work very well together and both are still good, Costello is the funnier of the two but Abbott provides amusement too playing it straight. The supporting cast aren't too bad either, Marie Windsor coming off best, playing her villainess character with waspish authority. Michael Ansara and Dan Seymour are suitably menacing henchmen. Meet the Mummy is briskly paced(mostly) and not without funny moments, in fact the script is still smart and a lot of fun to watch, not as quotable as before but the style's the same. The physical comedy is fun if not as energetic as the best of their outings and there's plenty of enjoyable scenes, especially with the trio of mummies, the dead body hide-and-seek, the slipping the mickey-like scene with the medallion and hamburgers.However, Meet the Mummy does have a number of problems. The plot is tired and very rarely makes sense(the whole cult idea could have been intriguing but was messily handled), and there are a couple of moments that do come across as a touch cheesy like with the iguana and skeleton in the crypt(the skeleton is a little cheap-looking). The Peggy King number was pleasant but not very memorable and it didn't add very much to the film, likewise with the dance numbers, while Richard Deacon looks rather ill at ease in his role. But the budget hindrances were the main problem, the sets are nice but the film looks a little dreary and the effects are well below the standards of the ones in many of their previous and best outings. This is especially true of the Mummy, who is by far and large the worst-looking Monster and has the worst Mummy make-up in any Universal film. The Mummy itself exudes little personality let alone menace, athletic sure but that's it really.Overall, Abbott and Costello's last Universal pairing together is rather bland, but it has some entertaining moments is and a long way from terrible or bad. 5/10 Bethany Cox