LOVE BRIDES OF THE BLOOD MUMMY (1973, original title El secreto de la momia egipcia, aka LIPS OF BLOOD) is a real obscurity, a very low budget Spanish slice of gothic horror heavily modelled on the Hammer format. In fact, BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY'S TOMB may be a big inspiration here. The film begins with an Egyptologist (played by RETURN OF THE EVIL DEAD star Frank Brana) visiting an eccentric aristocrat called Lord Dartmoor who then proceeds to tell him a ghastly story in flashback...
Dartmoor (played by George Rigaud, whom you may recognise from HORROR EXPRESS) is in possession of a male mummy: no bandage-wrapped prowler this time, though, just a regular tall and skinny exotic-looking guy done up in the full regalia who may be a gender twist on the Valerie Leon character. The mummy is revived thanks to a blood transfusion, and then forces Dartmoor's manservant to procure fresh victims. He's also surprisingly horny for his age, stripping and raping his victims before killing them. This is a film only available on Youtube in a scuzzy old Spanish VHS print, which seems censored, so there's no nudity or blood. Indeed, it's a rather slow and creaky affair with repetitive action, only springing to life for some macabre FX at the climax. I enjoyed the stop motion, but despite some atmosphere there's too little of the horror content for this to work very well.
Dartmoor (played by George Rigaud, whom you may recognise from HORROR EXPRESS) is in possession of a male mummy: no bandage-wrapped prowler this time, though, just a regular tall and skinny exotic-looking guy done up in the full regalia who may be a gender twist on the Valerie Leon character. The mummy is revived thanks to a blood transfusion, and then forces Dartmoor's manservant to procure fresh victims. He's also surprisingly horny for his age, stripping and raping his victims before killing them. This is a film only available on Youtube in a scuzzy old Spanish VHS print, which seems censored, so there's no nudity or blood. Indeed, it's a rather slow and creaky affair with repetitive action, only springing to life for some macabre FX at the climax. I enjoyed the stop motion, but despite some atmosphere there's too little of the horror content for this to work very well.