Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Absolutely Fantastic

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

The strength of the film lies largely with its visual style. The camera work and framing, as shown here, are a noteworthy step forward over earlier Universal horror films. It does, however, lack the same sort of instantly identifiable iconography that "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" boasted. The central creature is impressively realized, and the make-up effects are subtly evocative, but with the exception of an impressively creepy opening sequence, much of the film plays as considerably less of a horror film, than it does a romantic mystery. It makes for an interesting twist to what was Universal's signature early 20th century cycle of "monster" films, although it may also feel a bit like a departure, for those expecting a more traditional creature feature.

The tag line for Coppola Dracula was Love never dies. In this movie, a protagonist says Her love for you may bridge the centuries. In fact, this movie is about a living mummy that stalks the beautiful woman he believes is the reincarnation of his lover, so it's the exact plot of Coppola movie but this time carried with a Egyptian background. We also got the wise, resourceful old teacher who knows all the tricks to defeat evil! However the parallels that exist, the movie is really inspired and successful to built this Egyptian world: the sets, statues, costumes are wonderfully done and Karloff is truly scary, even better as a evil priest than the monster of Frankenstein! This is also a wonderful example of how West meets Orient and how it's always Egypt the entrance gate (Napoleon, Tintin, Blake and Mortimer, Indiana Jones...). What i like also is its quick duration (74 minutes): Maybe the plot lacks maybe some depth but i prefer to watch movies like this rather than the 2 hours and + movies of today in which the adding footage is used for silly, boring, empty big action chases or CGI bloody explosive epic battles that don't further plot either!

When looking at classic monster-horror films, there's a certain amount of suspension of disbelief needed. Not necessarily meaning that the films have no realism, but more so that the films are so dated in style and aesthetic that it becomes extremely difficult to understand how moviegoers were able to feel the scares of such a film. The Mummy is an interesting movie with the mythology it sets up, but lacks the thrills or lasting direction to catapult itself into the hall of fame of horror films. One thing this film does incredibly well is use Boris Karloff. Because the film is more of an atmospheric horror, it relies on particular creepy images rather than scaring with shock- horror, and no image is more creepy than a close up of Boris Karloff staring you down directly into the camera. He's a legend, and The Mummy is just one of many examples of that. Following along in the same sort of structure as films like Frankenstein, you can figure out the plot beats relatively easy, but that doesn't necessarily take away from the experience, though it certainly doesn't enhance it. Overall, this short take on The Mummy mythology is a fun one, even if it produces little to no scares whatsoever. 6.7/10

Bearing in mind in which era this movie is made I can see that this movie has a cult status but masterpiece??? Nah!!! A masterpiece doesn't drag on and on and I literally fell asleep watching this movie. as I did want to see what this movie is about I re winded it but I still can't see what the fuss is about.It has good points as Boris Karloff as the Mummy. The story line and filming is not bad but this movie is just not scary and therefore not a horror movie. A good Thriller then??? Nope, for that the story line is not strong enough.Nosferatu, which is made 10 years before is a far better movie then this one, so it also has nothing to do with the era the movie is made. It just doesn't work for me.