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The Mummy's Ghost
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by Universal Studios
Sales Rank: 27166
Price: $9.98
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Say that 10 times fast. <br /> <br />Anyway, The Mummy's Ghost is the 3rd Mummy sequel and the second starring Lon Chaney Jr. as the Mummy. The events in this movie take place just a couple of years or so after the events in the Mummy's Tomb, where we saw Kharis go up in flames at the Steve Banning house. <br /> <br />High Priest Andoheb (george Zucco) is shown STILL alive. Old and frail he sends yet another young priest of Arkan (changed from Karnak for some reason) to America to recover Kharis and the body of Ananka and return them to Egypt. This time the priest Yousef Bey, is played by John Carradine. <br /> <br />Meanwhile, back in Mapleton, MA the Mummy is shown walking againwith NO explanation as to how he escaped the fire or what was done with his body after the fire. Just another one of those fun Universal plot inconsistencies <br /> <br />At Any rate a Professor Norman recreates the Tana leave experiment sending Kharis on his merry way to commit murder and mayhem. Bey reaches the museum with Kharis but when he goes to take Anankas body she simply disinegrates into a heap of dust and bandages, sending Kharis into a destructive rage, killing a security guard. <br /> <br />Bey guesses that Anankas spirit has been reincarnated into a new body which they soon discover is that of Amini Mansouri played by 40's scream Queen Ramsay Ames. The remainder of the film deals with Bey and Kharis looking to capture Ames and the local sherrif and townsfolk looking to stop the mummy. <br /> <br />Chaney has much more to do in this film than in the previous one. He gets to really go on a rampage a couple of times and show some genuine emotion. <br /> <br />Carradine is fun as Yousef Bey even if he doesn't look remotely Egyptian. Ames is pretty standard as the damsel in distress and basically spends the movie screaming and fainting. Her fiancee Tom, played by Robert lowery, is the usual dim-witted, wooden romantic lead in the great tradition of David Manners. <br /> <br />I liked The Mummy's Ghost. It was more action packed than the two previous entries and Chaney really made the mummy terrifying.
Viewer Reviews
Ok, By this third installment in the Mummy series the story is getting a little redundant but, who cares!? If you watch these films, you have probably grown up with them. This is Lon Chaney Jr.'s second outing as the Mummy and like the other two films you really can't recognize him under all that terrific ever changing make-up. Surprisingly enjoyable for fans of this atmospheric series, the best part of the film is the memorable ending with the Mummy and his rapidly aging princess sinking into the swamp. I rate this film 2 1/2 stars. A great spooky starter for a Halloween night horror fest. This is available on DVD on the Mummy's Legacy collection and on a double bill DVD with The Mummy's Curse. The DVD transfer is very good.
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