This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

People are voting emotionally.

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Universal's "Mummy" programmers from the early 1940s are a highly entertaining quartet of movies that continue to delight more than 75 years later. Of course, when viewed through a jaundiced eye, they can also be seen as ridiculous, childish, and technically laughable attempts to scare children. All four "Mummy" films contain the goofy idiosyncrasies that make them so endearing: silly scripts, bad editing and dubbing, recycled music from other Universal films, abundant use of stock footage (including cannibalizing themselves as the series got rolling), lackluster juvenile leads, painful comic relief, star turns by iconic genre actors, and a blatant disregard for continuity from one installment to the next. Personally I have always been entertained by these films and love them as much now as when I first viewed them as a kid many, many years ago.The 1940 classic "The Mummy's Hand" is a reboot of the franchise and has no connection to the original 1932 Boris Karloff classic other than some stock footage spliced into this new feature to pad out the running time. In watching Stephen Sommers' "Mummy" Trilogy it is clear he used the blueprint of this film and certainly its adventurous tone to craft his own vision. "Hand" chronicles the exploits of archaeologist Steve Banning and his wisecracking crony Babe Jenson as they search for the tomb of the Egyptian princess Ananka. En route they entice Brooklyn magician Solvani into financing their expedition and are forced to bring his plucky daughter Marta along as part of the deal. Completing their quintet is Professor Petrie, an expert on Egyptian history. Needless to say they encounter more than sand, sun, and a musty tomb (although thankfully no carnivorous scarab beetles).The film bumps along for over 40 minutes before the title character becomes reanimated. In the best scene of the film Professor Petrie looks on in astonishment as villainous High Priest Andoheb pours a few drops of tana leaf fluid into the dormant Mummy's lips and revives the creature. The astonishment turns to terror when Petrie realizes what is about to happen next.Such goings on would be difficult to put over without the appropriate actors in the key roles. Although the Mummy series is synonymous with Lon Chaney Jr. he does not star in the title role; rather it is character actor Tom Tyler as the signature fiend. Tyler is suitably menacing as he lumbers around wrapped in dirty bandages but he doesn't provide the campy fun that Chaney does. Maybe its just a personal preference. George Zucco excels as the duplicitous Andoheb; first trying to dissuade Banning from undertaking his expedition and then attempting to dispatch him when he persists. Zucco was great at portraying creepy characters and this has to be one of his best performances. Peggy Moran does a splendid job as the plucky Marta in the sort of role that is endlessly botched by beautiful but talent-less ingenues in Universal genre pictures.Unfortunately the two leads are not up to snuff. The normally reliable Dick Foran really phones in his performance and is never believable as an archaeologist. That is a particular point of frustration because Foran is usually a charismatic presence in nearly every role. As Babe, Wallace Ford is just plain annoying and is the type of character you hope gets strangled in the first 10 minutes but unfortunately hangs around until a final lame gag at the fade out. Considering how these types of movies almost always blow it when it comes to comic relief this particular detriment should not be held against the film.All in all, "The Mummy's Hand" is probably the best of the Universal Mummy films from the 40s although the absence of Lon Chaney Jr. is a big strike against it in my book. It is interesting to note how Tom Tyler is buried way down the cast list essaying the title character while Chaney, doing essentially the same thing, gets star billing in the sequels.

Christy Cabanne directed this loose remake of the Karloff classic(also produced by Universal Studios) Here, Dick Foran and Wallace Ford play Steve Manning and Babe Jenson, two unemployed archaeologists who get a magician named Solvani(played by Cecil Kellaway) to fund an expedition to excavate the Egyptian tomb of princess Ananka. His daughter Marta(played by Peggy Moran) is furious and skeptical about this, but goes along since the money is all spent. They do unearth her tomb, but also her protector Kharis(played by Tom Tyler) a living mummy who goes on a murder spree to avenge the violation of her tomb, since that is his mission, enabled by a cult of priests, the last of whom is played by George Zucco. Though fun to a point, with a good cast, this is hurt by far too much comedy relief with Babe. Not enough atmosphere to compensate either; worked much better with Karloff. Still, this was a hit, and followed by three sequels.

Two Americans stumble upon a vase in a bazaar in Egypt which has a map inscribed upon it leading to the tomb of Princess Ananka who was buried 3000 years ago. They eventually obtain financing and set out to excavate the treasures within it. What they don't realize is that the High Priest of Karnak has sworn not to allow the tomb to be desecrated and he has the mummy of Kharis to assist him. Now, all things considered this isn't a bad plot to build a horror film around. However, rather than adhering to a specific horror scenario, the director (Christy Cabanne) also decides to throw in some comedic relief as well. This was a big mistake in my opinion because as a horror film it had some serious potential. Instead, the movie ended up being more suitable for a matinée than anything else. Throw in some very basic acting and the end result is pretty much an average B-movie. And that's a shame because it could have been much better.

It's a kind of ragout of Hollywood genres -- murder mystery, spoof, romance, story of exotica. Dick Foran is an archaeologist who stumbles on an ancient vase with precious secrets encrypted in its hieroglyphics. Wallace Ford is his comic sidekick. George Zucco is the fez-capped, oleaginous villain. Cecil Kellaway is a good-natured stage magician who joins Foran and Ford in their search for the ancient MacGuffin. Peggy Moran is the female.By this time, Universal Studios must have just about reached pattern exhaustion in its monster series. Dracula and Frankenstein had appeared eight years earlier and -- well, how many times can you revive the good Count or the hand-crafted monster. What is there left for them to DO? The original mummy with Boris Karloff appeared in 1932 as well but hadn't been exploited so ruthlessly. Maybe they thought it was time to revive Kharis again. It was a mistake. An entirely new approach appeared in, I think, 1948, with "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein." Universal said, "To Hell with it," and threw together Frankenstein's monster, Count Dracula, and the Wolfman in a farce. It worked pretty well. But then Universal ran THAT pattern into the ground. In the next few years Abbott and Costello met every monster in the Universal franchise and some that weren't.This is an inexpensive production. It seemed to me aimed more at kids than adults. It's hard to believe that Mary Shelly's original "Frankenstein, Or The Modern Prometheus" was a serious look at the directions in which the scientific revolution might take us.