5.5
Archaeologists discover the final resting place of a boy king, removing the remains to be exhibited in a museum. By disturbing the sarcophagus they unleash the forces of darkness. The Mummy has returned to discharge a violent retribution on the defilers as the curse that surrounds the tomb begins to come true. One by one the explorers are murdered until one of them discovers the ancient words that have the power to reduce the brutal killer to particles of dust.
André Morell
Sir Basil Walden
John Phillips
Stanley Preston
David Buck
Paul Preston
Elizabeth Sellars
Barbara Preston
Maggie Kimberly
Claire de Sangre
Michael Ripper
Longbarrow
Tim Barrett
Harry Newton
Richard Warner
Inspector Barrani
Roger Delgado
Hasmid
Catherine Lacey
Haiti
Dickie Owen
Prem
Bruno Barnabe
Pharaoh
Toni Gilpin
Pharaoh's Wife
Toolsie Persaud
Kah-to-Bey
Eddie Powell
The Mummy
Andreas Malandrinos
The Curator
Pat Gorman
Reporter (uncredited)
Michael Rothwell
Reporter (uncredited)
Roy Stephens
Reporter (uncredited)
Terence Sewards
Reporter (uncredited)
Tim Turner
Narrator (voice; uncredited)
John Garrie
Darroll Richards
George Zenios
Director, Screenplay
John Gilling
Original Story
Anthony Hinds
April 20, 2020
6
Beware the beat of the cloth-wrapped feet!
The Mummy's Shroud is directed by John Gilling who also co-adapts the screenplay with Anthony Hinds. It stars André Morell, John Phillips, David Buck, Elizabeth Sellars, Maggie Kimberly and Michael Ripper. Music is by Don Banks and cinematography by Arthur Grant.
Mezzera, Egypt, 1920, and an expedition to find the tomb of Pharaoh Kah-to-Bey gets more than they bargained for when they unearth a shroud adorned with the ancient writings of life and death...
The third instalment of Hammer Films forays into Mumified based Egyptology, The Mummy's Shroud follows the standard formula but never the less entertains in undemanding fashion. Released as the support feature to Frankenstein Created Woman (not Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed as listed in some quarters since that was two years later), it's nicely photographed, stoically performed by the cast (especially by Hammer hero Ripper who gets a meaty role) and is pacey enough to uphold the interest. The violence aspects are strongly constructed, but kept mostly in suggestive terms as per visual enticements, and how nice to see the lead ladies here be more than token cleavage.
This was the last Hammer feature to be made at Bray Studios, so it has some poignant significance in the history of Hammer Films. It's not a great send off for Bray, but it's unmistakably one of those Hammer Horror films that fans of the studio's output can easily spend the evening with and not feel it has been time wasted. 6.5/10
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00