- Director: John Gilling
- AMG Rating:
- Genre: Horror
- Movie Type: Creature Film, Costume Horror
- Themes: Mummies
- Main Cast: Andre Morell, John Phillips, David Buck, Elizabeth Sellars, Maggie Kimberley
- Release Year: 1967
- Country: UK
- Run Time: 90 minutes
Plot
A murderous mummy is on the loose and it's got the Hammer Films stamp on it, but this tame terror flick never gets the bandages off when it comes to thrills, chills, and gore. A British archeological team consisting of Sir Basil Walden (Andre Morrell), Paul Preston (David Buck), a photographer (Tim Barrett), and psychic linguist Claire (Maggie Kimberley) discover the tomb of Kah-to-Bey, a young heir to Pharaoh who died trying to escape a rebellion. The boy was buried by a loyal slave named Prem, whose mummy stands in a Cairo museum. The expedition is joined by Preston's wealthy, press-hungry father Stanley (John Phillips), who insists they return to Cairo with the body despite warnings of a curse by the tomb's guardian. The curse soon proves to be true as the slave's mummy is reanimated by the guardian and begins murdering each of the explorers who entered the tomb. While Stanley Preston unsuccessfully tries to save his own skin, Paul and Claire find themselves in a showdown with the seemingly indestructible mummy -- until they discover that the strange writing on the boy Pharaoh's shroud may be the secret to their survival. ~ Patrick Legare, All Movie GuideReview
Hammer Films' third entry in its mummy franchise, and its last to be lensed at their Bray Studios, stars Andre Morell (The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1959) as the head of an archaeological expedition searching for the lost tomb of a pharoah's son, Kar-to-bey. Its discovery, and the relocation of the boy's corpse to a museum in Cairo, revives the mummy of Kar-to-bey's loyal slave, Prem (Eddie Powell, longtime stunt man and stand-in for Christopher Lee), who sets out to slay all who have defiled his master's tomb.Despite the presence of reliable writer/director John Gilling (Plague of the Zombies, 1966) and some fine performances by Catherine Lacey and perennial Hammer bit player Michael Ripper, The Mummy's Shroud is a standard issue spook show that recycles elements from the previous two mummy titles (The Mummy, 1959, and Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, 1964) without any of their atmosphere, imagination, or suspense. The film is further hampered by its sluggish pacing, a decided lack of violence or sex appeal (starlet Maggie Kimberley is quite toothsome, but remains well covered throughout), and the ragged-looking Prem cuts a less-than-fearful figure. Aside from Hammer and mummy movie completists, most will find this creature-feature slow going. Hammer would release a fourth mummy picture, Blood From the Mummy's Tomb, in 1971. Anchor Bay's letterboxed DVD presentation includes two original theatrical trailers, including one for a double bill with Frankenstein Created Woman (1967), a pair of TV spots, and an episode of the 1990 U.K. television documentary series The World of Hammer entitled "Mummies, Werewolves and the Living Dead." All are presented in eye-catching animated menus featuring stills from the film. ~ Paul Gaita, All Movie Guide
Cast
- Andre Morell - Sir Basil Walden
- John Phillips - Stanley Preston
- David Buck - Paul Preston
- Elizabeth Sellars - Barbara Preston
Maggie Kimberley - Claire de Sangre, Linguist
