Recently selling Flavia, the Heretic (1974-also reviewed) I wanted to find a flick that I could send to the buyer as a bonus Halloween gift. With the DVD having sat on my shelf for years (!) it felt like time to finally unwrap this mummy.
View on the film:
Clearly made on such a shoestring budget that the production could not afford any type of Mummy costume, director Alejandro Marti & cinematographer Raymond Heil wrap a nice and sleazy Gothic Horror atmosphere, throwing zoom-ins at the revived Egyptian Pharaoh showing the effects being in a coffin has had on him,by trying to get frisky with any fair maiden who catches his sight.
Placing a mini-clip show of the kills near the end in order to pad the run-time out,Marti unveils welcomed detours into off-beat Gothic Horror,scanning the rural dusk landscape with wide panning shots, landing on a stop-motion animation Mummy hand coming back to life.
After making excuses for the lack of a Mummy costume are out of the way, the screenplay by Julio Salvador ( "co-writer" Vincent Didier is likely a pseudonym for someone) walks towards a lively Gothic Horror.
Salvador balances the Mummy being after a bride offering the chance for skin to be shown, with a delightful mash-up of Frankenstein-style mad scientist working to keep the Mummy alive, via a tasty dip into Dracula-style fangs, fuelled by the Mummy's desire for blood and marriage.
View on the film:
Clearly made on such a shoestring budget that the production could not afford any type of Mummy costume, director Alejandro Marti & cinematographer Raymond Heil wrap a nice and sleazy Gothic Horror atmosphere, throwing zoom-ins at the revived Egyptian Pharaoh showing the effects being in a coffin has had on him,by trying to get frisky with any fair maiden who catches his sight.
Placing a mini-clip show of the kills near the end in order to pad the run-time out,Marti unveils welcomed detours into off-beat Gothic Horror,scanning the rural dusk landscape with wide panning shots, landing on a stop-motion animation Mummy hand coming back to life.
After making excuses for the lack of a Mummy costume are out of the way, the screenplay by Julio Salvador ( "co-writer" Vincent Didier is likely a pseudonym for someone) walks towards a lively Gothic Horror.
Salvador balances the Mummy being after a bride offering the chance for skin to be shown, with a delightful mash-up of Frankenstein-style mad scientist working to keep the Mummy alive, via a tasty dip into Dracula-style fangs, fuelled by the Mummy's desire for blood and marriage.