The majority of IMDb reviewers who have commented on Love Brides of the Blood Mummy appear to have seen a censored version; since then, an uncut and restored version has surfaced, with all of the sleaze intact. And what trashy little treat it is too.
James Barton (Frank Braña) arrives at the castle of Egyptologist Lord Dartmoor (George Rigaud), who tells his visitor how he and his obedient assistant John (doesn't have quite the same ring as Igor, does it?) resurrected a perfectly preserved mummy with a bad haircut and hypnotic powers. Not only does the ancient Egyptian have a lust for blood, the mummy requiring a constant supply of the red stuff from young women to go on living, but he also has quite the libido, torturing and raping his victims before tearing open their throats.
There's not a lot of gore in this tacky Euro-horror, and just a touch of torture (hot poker on victim's breast), but the film more than makes up for this in the sex and nudity department, the mummy tearing open his pretty victims' blouses and yanking off their bloomers before getting down to business. Adding to the sleaziness is the fact that the young women soon stop fighting back and start to enjoy the experience, at least until they have their necks chomped upon by the randy mummy: such behaviour is highly contentious, although it could be argued that the mummy is using his hypnotic powers to stop the women from struggling.
The mummy's final victims are Lord Dartmoor's daughter Lucille (Catherine Franck) and her friend Anna (Teresa Gimpera) from boarding school. One might reasonably expect Lucille to be the 'final girl', surviving her encounter with the mummy, but even her neck isn't safe from the thirsty Egyptian (although she does keep her bloomers on). Extra points for killing her off!
Love Brides of the Blood Mummy also gets bonus points for some really shonky stop-motion effects: when Barton first arrives at the castle, Lord Dartmoor demonstrates his occult powers by turning a stick into a snake, a combination of animation and a rubber snake on a string; later, we get some more juddery animation when the mummy's now severed arm comes to life to strangle Lord Dartmoor. It looks dreadful, but it's fun.
6.5/10 (rounded up to 7 for IMDb). The action is rather repetitive, so make sure you watch the uncut version, with all of that gratuitous nekkidness, to ensure that boredom doesn't set in.
James Barton (Frank Braña) arrives at the castle of Egyptologist Lord Dartmoor (George Rigaud), who tells his visitor how he and his obedient assistant John (doesn't have quite the same ring as Igor, does it?) resurrected a perfectly preserved mummy with a bad haircut and hypnotic powers. Not only does the ancient Egyptian have a lust for blood, the mummy requiring a constant supply of the red stuff from young women to go on living, but he also has quite the libido, torturing and raping his victims before tearing open their throats.
There's not a lot of gore in this tacky Euro-horror, and just a touch of torture (hot poker on victim's breast), but the film more than makes up for this in the sex and nudity department, the mummy tearing open his pretty victims' blouses and yanking off their bloomers before getting down to business. Adding to the sleaziness is the fact that the young women soon stop fighting back and start to enjoy the experience, at least until they have their necks chomped upon by the randy mummy: such behaviour is highly contentious, although it could be argued that the mummy is using his hypnotic powers to stop the women from struggling.
The mummy's final victims are Lord Dartmoor's daughter Lucille (Catherine Franck) and her friend Anna (Teresa Gimpera) from boarding school. One might reasonably expect Lucille to be the 'final girl', surviving her encounter with the mummy, but even her neck isn't safe from the thirsty Egyptian (although she does keep her bloomers on). Extra points for killing her off!
Love Brides of the Blood Mummy also gets bonus points for some really shonky stop-motion effects: when Barton first arrives at the castle, Lord Dartmoor demonstrates his occult powers by turning a stick into a snake, a combination of animation and a rubber snake on a string; later, we get some more juddery animation when the mummy's now severed arm comes to life to strangle Lord Dartmoor. It looks dreadful, but it's fun.
6.5/10 (rounded up to 7 for IMDb). The action is rather repetitive, so make sure you watch the uncut version, with all of that gratuitous nekkidness, to ensure that boredom doesn't set in.