Paul Magne Haakonsen
I stumbled upon "The Mummy's Shroud" one late night on some obscure TV channel. And not having seen this 1967 Hammer Horror movie before, I did of course take the time to sit down and watch it. After all, what am I if not a horror fan?Well, this was definitely not the most interesting or best of movies from the Hammer Horror vault.It had an adequate enough story, especially for a mummy movie - you know what I mean by that genre.The effects in "The Mummy's Shroud" were fair enough, taking into consideration the age of the movie.One of the better aspects of "The Mummy's Shroud" was the fact that they had some good acting performances by a fairly good cast. And that did indeed help to make this otherwise mundane and generic horror movie bearable to watch to the end.Having seen this movie once, I can honestly say that this is not a classic in any way, and it is not a movie that I will be returning to watch a second time.
utgard14
An archaeological expedition does what archaeological expeditions in movies do best: they desecrate an Egyptian tomb and incur the wrath of a mummy. Routine mummy movie from Hammer. Helped by nice cast that includes Hammer vets Michael Ripper and Andre Morell. Ripper has probably his best role as the tragic Longbarrow. John Phillips makes a particularly hissable villain. Opening prologue seems to go on forever. The mummy makeup/costume is particularly ratty. Not sure if that was the look they were going for or if it was just the best they could do. It's not a particularly special horror movie but it's entertaining enough if you're a fan of mummy movies as I am.
ebiros2
I didn't know this version of a mummy movie existed. It's made around the same time as the Christopher Lee's version, but this one is less well known.The movie starts out good. The characters are good, the story is good, and the scenes are beautiful. Then it starts going down hill. Acting starts to slip, the characters loses their edge, and the mummy looks like Jason in pajamas.Far from being the horror classic done by Ron Chaney Jr., this one is almost comedic when the mummy starts moving.So the ghastly horror is spoiled by the main antagonist not fulfilling its role. If the horror movie is not scary, then rest of the story won't matter.It could have been a lot better movie. They had everything going for it, but they blew it on few critical spots, that spoiled the whole show.
Michael_Elliott
Mummy's Shroud, The (1966) * 1/2 (out of 4)Hammer had great success at taking various Universal monsters and making them their own in a long running group of films. They did wonders with Frankenstein and Dracula but The Mummy, on the other hand, offered up more disappointments than anything. This time out we start off with some narration by Peter Cushing (rumored) who tells us of a young pharaoh who escapes persecution thanks to his slave. Flash forward to 1920 and an exhibition uncovers the tomb of the young boy. Like idiots and after being warned, they mess around with his skull, which sets loose the mummy to seek revenge. I guess this film is best remembered for being the last Hammer film to be shot at Bray Studios but it's surprising how poor all the sets look here. Usually you could depend on good looking sets but that's not the case here and this is easy to spot early on when we get the big battle but it's obvious that they'll all fighting on cardboard sets. Things don't improve as we flash forward as we get one long, boring dialogue scene after another and it gets so bad that you'll be wishing a real mummy will show up at your house and crush your skull just so you can quit watching this thing. The usually dependable Andre Morell comes off pretty boring here as does John Phillips and David Buck. Hammer regular Michael Ripper doesn't add anything either. The locations used here make you feel as if you're on a fake set, which is never a good things and there's zero atmosphere created by director Gilling. The entire movie moves as slow as Lon Chaney, Jr.'s mummy and that's certainly not a good thing. There are a few effective moments and the highlight is the final sequence with the mummy. I won't ruin how they destroy him but it's certainly a great looking sequence.
AD
