Oct 11, 2019 sommers took the original skeleton of the 1932 mummy and turned up the volume to 11. Imhotep boris karloff comes to life after ralph bramwell fletcher opens a scroll with a curse. Today, over 50 years after the mummy was first released, this brooding dreamlike film remains a masterpiece not only of the genre, but for all. I had watched this film a few times in the past couple of decades and i. A true original, the mummy is a monster movie unlike anything youve ever seen before. With boris karloff, zita johann, david manners, arthur byron. The mummy movies ranked, worst to best screen rant. He directed peter lorre in mad love 1935 and boris karloff in this film i am about to discuss.
The mummy 1932 a team of british archaeologists led by sir joseph whemple arthur byron discover the mummified remains of the ancient egyptian prince imhotep boris karloff, along with the. It was the scene of frank whemple, desperate to protect the woman he loves. The mhm podcast network movie synopsis and film summary of the mummy 1932 starring boris karloff, zita johann, and david manners. She died on september 20, 1993 in nyack, new york, usa. She was an actress, known for the mummy 1932, the sin of nora moran 1933 and luxury liner 1933. The mummy 1932 karl freund synopsis, characteristics. The mummy flopped because it ignores everything that fascinates us. Released by universal studios, the film stars boris karloff, zita johann, david manners, edward van sloan and arthur byron. Eleven years following the hairy prologue, bothered englishmen whemple david manners and professor pearson leonard mudie are lamenting their lousy dig when an uncredentialed egyptian who calls himself ardeth bey boris karloff drops by, in universals original the mummy, 1932. Expand your home video library from a huge online selection of movies at. You will not need to travel and spend the money to go to egypt.
The mummy was a antagonist character called imhotep, played by boris karloff in the 1932 film, which later became a classic character from the universal horror films. Released 1932, the mummy stars boris karloff, zita johann, david manners, edward van sloan the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 12 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. When egyptian mummy imhotep is accidentally revived after 3,700 years, it is revealed in a flashback that he was a high priest, embalmed alive for trying to revive his true love after she had been sacrificed. The film is about an ancient egyptian mummy named imhotep who is discovered by a team of. The humor derived from the mummy s stiff dialogue and bizarre situations may be unintentional, but that doesnt make it any less enjoyable. The mummy, american horror film, released in 1932, that is considered a classic of the genre, especially known for boris karloffs performance in the title role. Cast in credits order edit boris karloff as ardath bey imhotep billed as karloff.
Freund director boris karloff imhotepardeth bey zita johann helen grosvenor princess anck. The mummy 510 movie clip caught doing an unholy thing. The mummy is a 1932 american precode romantic horror film directed by karl freund. The mummy 1932 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Universal horror presents us this 1932 film, which was the trope maker for the undead mummy genre. Today, over 50 years after the mummy was first released, this brooding dream like film remains a masterpiece not only of the genre, but for all. Produced by universal and scripted by john balderston, the mummy is essentially a remake of that teams already thenclassic dracula 1931. Imhotep 1932 the mummy is a classic monster entirely because of this blackandwhite movie.
It stars boris karloff as the mummy, zita johann, david manners, and edward van sloan. The mummy is an interesting movie with the mythology it sets up, but lacks the thrills or lasting direction to catapult itself into the hall of fame of horror films. Disguised as a modern egyptian, the mummy searches for his lost love, whom he believes has been reincarnated into a modern girl. Do you fancy yourself a modern day indiana jones, maybe a hobby archeologist, maybe a tomb raider, who am i to judge. A living mummy stalks the beautiful woman he believes is the reincarnation of his lover. Also found in the tomb is the scroll of thoth, which can bring the dead back to life. Alive again, he sets out on an obsessive and deadly quest to find his lost. This film switches genres from the emphasis on horror to adventure, concentrating more on action sequences, special effects, comedy, and a higher element of egyptian lore. In 1921 a field expedition in egypt discovers the mummy of ancient egyptian prince imhotep, who was condemned and buried alive for sacrilege. Zita johann was born on july 14, 1904 in temesvar, austriahungary. A resurrected egyptian mummy stalks a beautiful woman he believes to be the reincarnation of his lover and bride. An ancient egyptian priest called imhotep is revived when an archaeological expedition finds imhoteps mummy and one of the archaeologists accidentally reads an ancient life. Jack pierces justly celebrated makeup skills offers us two karloffs.
The mummy 1932 fantasy horror a resurrected egyptian mummy stalks a beautiful woman he believes to be the reincarnation of his lover and bride. The mummy 1932 movie view more global usage of this file. The 1932 version of the mummy starring boris karloff is one of the greatest horror movies ever made, right up there with the 1930s versions of dracula and frankenstein. The mummy is a 1932 american precode horror film directed by karl freund. Hello guest, this is the official horrorfilm trailer of. As the mummy, imhotep, he is accidentally revived after 3,700 years by a team of british.
Mumija je americki crnobijeli horor film snimljen 1932. A resurrected egyptian mummy stalks a beautiful woman he. The mummy represented boris karloffs second horror starring role after his overnight success in frankenstein. The movie also features zita johann, david manners and edward van sloan.
I am a big fan of old movies, including many silent films. Brought back to life after nearly 3,700 years, egyptian high priest imhotep wreaks havoc upon the members of the british field exposition that disturbed his tomb shades of the king tut curse. I have seen a horde of mummy movies over the years, hammer with christopher lee, the reboots with arnold vosloo and cgi effects to the new tom cruise film coming in 2017. Im not into the extras on most movie releases, but these are. Once again, the undead, in this film a 3,000yearold high priest brought to life by the desecration of his grave, may only possess a woman by turning her into an echo of himself. The mummy was the first movie that ever scared the shit out of me. Well, and karloffs presence as the title character. Freund was a master of visuals, and with the mummy creates an atmospheric masterpiece, with beautifully filmed scenes of ancient and modern 1932 egypt. Contentsshow plot an ancient egyptian priest called imhotep boris karloff is revived when an. Brought back to life after nearly 3,700 years, egyptian high priest imhotep wreaks havoc upon the members of the british field exposition that disturbed his tomb shades of the.
The mummy is a 1932 horror film from universal studios directed by karl freund and starring boris karloff, zita johann, david manners and edward van sloan. Following universal studios very successful dracula and frankenstein, the mummy brought together director karl freund, actor boris karloff, and makeup artist jack pierce. Strangely, unlike dracula, which i regarded as cheesy upon its first viewing in my childhood, i caught a clip of the mummy on a kids show when i was young. Boris karloffs legendary performance as the mummy has become a landmark in the annals of screen history.
This one is a take on the classic egyptian legend, with boris karloff returning from frankenstein to play the titular monster. Charming at times laughable in its utter inability to evoke goose bumps, this 1932 universal horror classic is a great one for children to cozy up to with the folks without much risk of lost sleep. Universal turned dracula and frankenstein both based on classic novels into horror hits, and in the early 30s they wanted to make a monster based on ancient egypt. The movie is about an egyptian mummy that returns to life to stalk a woman who is the reincarnation of his lost love. The mummy 1932 film wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. The director found a period actioncomedy in the cracks between the dark iconography of the original film and. It was shot in cantil, california, universal city, and the mojave desesrt. Balderston was from a story by nina wilcox putnam and richard schayer.
In 1895, british archaeologists find and open the tomb of. Brought back to life after nearly 3,700 years, egyptian high priest imhotep. The mummy is the title of several horror adventure film series centered on an ancient egyptian priest who is accidentally resurrected, bringing with him a powerful curse, and the ensuing efforts of heroic archaeologists to stop him. Boris karloff and jack pierce again team up to create a classic monster. In 1999, stephen sommers wrote and directed a remake of the mummy, loosely based on the original film of 1932. Oct 25, 2016 imhotep boris karloff comes to life after ralph bramwell fletcher opens a scroll with a curse. The mummy 1932 movie simple english wikipedia, the free. It was shot in cantil, california, universal city, and the mojave desert.
The mummy 1932 film universal monsters wiki fandom. Oct 11, 2018 an original 1932 lithographic film poster designed by karoly grosz, for the movie the mummy is seen in this handout photo provided by sothebys, october 11, 2018. Groszs bestknown posters advertised early universal classic monsters films such as dracula 1931, frankenstein 1931, the mummy 1932, the invisible man 1933, and bride of frankenstein 1935. The mummy 1932 throughout the 1930s, no studio defined horror cinema more than universal studios, whose classic shockers are still fondly remembered to this day. Inspiriran urbanom legendom o tutankamonovom prokletstvu, ali jos vise potaknut komercijalnim. Beyond the horror genre, his other notable designs include posters for the epic war film all quiet on the western front 1930 and the screwball. It is a remake loosely based on the 1932 film of the same title and stars brendan fraser, rachel weisz, john hannah, and kevin j. Zita johann as helen grosvenorprincess ankhesenamon. The bluray edition of the 1932 version of the mummy features remastered, highresolution video, and is probably the best way to currently watch this classic movie.
And now an extremely rare movie poster for the mummy could become the most expensive in the world after it goes up for auction starting today and running through halloween. The noirish use of shadow and light, and the incredible texture and detail of the cinematography set the mummy apart. The mummy 110 movie clip the mummy rises 1932 hd youtube. The film was semiremade in 1940 the mummy s hand, which itself spawned several sequels, 1959 the mummy, a hammer horror production featuring christopher lee as the title creature and based more on the 1940 film than the 1932 original, 1999, and 2017. The film follows adventurer rick oconnell as he travels to hamunaptra, the city of the dead, with a. An ancient egyptian mummy named imhotep is discovered by a team of archaeologists and inadvertently brought back to life through a magic scroll. It is one of many films included in the universal horror canon, and the first to be an original story rather than based on a novel. An original 1932 lithographic film poster designed by karoly grosz, for the movie the mummy is seen in this handout photo provided by sothebys, october 11, 2018. Released in 1932 the film is an atmospheric masterpiece with the legendary boris karloff in the leading role taking viewers through a dangerous fable of love destined through time, but cursed by the gods themselves to be forever doomed. When this movie was released they flocked to the cinema to hear him speak evidently they had missed the miracle man, night world, business and. With boris karloff, melvyn douglas, charles laughton, gloria stuart. With peter cushing, christopher lee, yvonne furneaux, eddie byrne.
The last film before freunds 1932 classic was a disney silly symphony cartoon called egyptian melodies, in which a. After nearly 4,000 years, however, he is brought back to. She was married to bernard edward shedd schetnitz, john mccormick and john houseman. Mar 10, 20 boris karloffs legendary performance has become a landmark in the annals of screen history. Seeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when they stumble upon the femm family estate. Karloff played an ancient egyptian priest called imhotep who was buried alive. Oconnor, with arnold vosloo in the titular role as the reanimated mummy. The year before this 1932 movie, he was the cinematographer and, reportedly, uncredited codirector on tod brownngs dracula. The mummy is a 1932 horror film from universal studios directed by karl freund and starring boris karloff as a revived ancient egyptian priest. If you are one of these daring breed, i suggest a visit to the tomb of imhotep. He said the most frighten scene in the film was when the mummy came to life. The 1932 film the mummy is an unlikely progenitor of one of the major summer movie revivals of 2017. The mummy is a 1999 american action horror film written and directed by stephen sommers. Read the full synopsis of the mummy, 1932, directed by karl freund, with boris karloff, zita johann, david manners, at turner classic movies.