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Dawn of the Mummy (1981) Mummy, Can I Go Out and Kill Tonight?

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Sometimes people are just not ready to "meat" the mummy! |
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I think this guy has a brother on an island in the tropics. |
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Well exccccuuuuseeee meeee! (for breaking into your tomb to raid your priceless treasures.) |
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You've been dead 3000 years, get to come back, and you still can't muster a smile? |
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Where's Ms. Jaye when you need him? (And yes, that is a Top Model joke.) |
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I had similar thoughts on this one a few months back. Love the STeve Martin psycho, but the characters were even more disposable than usual for its era. That wedding massacre is incredible, and the design of the zombies is neat but the film doesn't quite know what to do with the mashup of mummies and zombies. Are there any decent mummy movies out there? I think The Monster Squad kind of killed their scare factor by showing them how easy it would be to just unravel.
ReplyDeleteYeah, this is basically a zombie film, just with mummies. Swap out 'creepy cemetery' for 'Egyptian pyramid' and you get the gist of it.
ReplyDeleteOne funny thing to note is that this film really looks like it was filmed entirely in Egypt, while other films have failed. Case in point: 'Manhattan Baby.'
It's still not, you know, good though.
@Emily- I'm still looking for other Mummy movies. I've heard there's one out of Spain, but I haven't been able to track it down yet. I would love to see one that was a real gorefest!
ReplyDelete@TimTEO1- Nah,it's not good per se, but it was fun to watch. I think having an Egyptian director surely helps in the authenticity department.