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The Mummy

4.6 out of 5 stars 239 customer reviews

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Boris Karloff's legendary performance has become a landmark in the annals of screen history. As the mummy, Im-Ho-Tep, he is accidentally revived after 3,700 years by a team of British archaeologists. It is revealed in a flashback that he was a high priest, embalmed alive for trying to revive the vestal virgin whom he loved, after she had been sacrificed. Alive again, he sets out to find his lost love. 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 time.


Special Features

  • Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
  • Feature Commentary by Film Historian Paul M. Jensen
  • Archives
  • Production Notes
  • Cast and Filmmakers
  • Theatrical Trailer

  • Product Details

    • Actors: Boris Karloff, David Manners, Zita Johann, Edward Van Sloan, Arthur Byron
    • Directors: Karl Freund
    • Writers: John L. Balderston
    • Producers: Jr. Carl Laemmle
    • Format: Multiple Formats, Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
    • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
    • Subtitles: English
    • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
    • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
    • Number of discs: 1
    • Rated:
      NR
      Not Rated
    • Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
    • DVD Release Date: September 28, 1999
    • Run Time: 74 minutes
    • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (239 customer reviews)
    • ASIN: B00000JQB7
    • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,386 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
    • Learn more about "The Mummy" on IMDb


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    Very quick delivery--thank you Amazon! Excellent sound and picture quality considering the age of this movie (circa 1932). Rather corny acting in most cases. This is an early sound movie, and most of the actors for sound movies at that time were experienced stage actors who were accustomed to producing the exaggerated body movements and facial expressions required in live theater but which look silly and unnecessary in the close-ups made possible by the camera. You will be amused by this especially in the early scene in which the three archaeologists discuss their recent find--the mummy of a man who was buried alive. If you've never seen this movie, be prepared to have your flesh creep when the Mummy comes to life, terrifying the young archaeologist who, we later learn, goes insane and literally dies laughing. That's the only actually "frightening" scene in the movie, but the story is very interesting and will hold your attention all the way to the end.
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    Format: Blu-ray Verified Purchase
    The Blu-ray edition of the 1932 version of "The Mummy" features re-mastered, high-resolution video, and is probably the best way to currently watch this classic movie.

    Following Universal Studios' very successful "Dracula" and "Frankenstein," "The Mummy" brought together director Karl Freund, actor Boris Karloff, and makeup artist Jack Pierce to create a movie that was superior in many ways to its predecessors. Director Karl Freund mostly worked as a cinematographer, and had a career which stretched from silent films to "I Love Lucy," where he created the sitcom camera configuration used today. Freund was a master of visuals, and with "The Mummy" creates an atmospheric masterpiece, with beautifully filmed scenes of ancient and modern (1932) Egypt. Sets and costumes are top-notch. You can almost feel the dust in the air.

    Boris Karloff and Jack Pierce again team up to create a classic monster. Karloff only appears briefly in full mummy makeup, but those moments are wonderful and quite effective. It is as modern (1932) incarnation Ardath Bey, that Karloff and Pierce reach their peak. Made up to look two thousand years old, Karloff combines evil and pathos as lovelorn monster, Ardath Bey. Stage actress Zita Johann makes a beautiful counterpoint to Karloff, as the intended object of Bey's affection.

    I'll be the first one to say that old movies aren't for everybody. This movie is from the dawn of the sound era and has some ridiculous overacting by lesser players, and some stagey moments that slow the pace of the film. However, if you are willing to let yourself be taken in by the dream-like aura of this movie, you will find that "The Mummy" well deserves its place in the Pantheon of classic horror movies.
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    This is a movie I watched almost every Saturday night with my then best friend. This would be in the early 1950's. I think we started the sleepovers in 1952 or 1953 when we were 6 or 7 yrs. old. We alternated houses for these sleepovers, but our routine was always the same. We would make home fries (starting with raw potato) and grab beverages for the Saturday night horror flicks. I don't know why but this one seemed to be the one of three that was every week and then the other 2 rotated through various horror films. This one seemed to be the one we couldn't take our eyes off of and scared us silly. So the sentimental element is definitely a big factor! I never forgot several of the scenes and talk about frightening, I discovered on this recent viewing I actually remembered some of the lines. Now that is frightening! I am a big fan of old movies, including many silent films. I had watched this film a few times in the past couple of decades and I had frequently thought about buying, just never got around to it. Upon renting it last week I still found it to be as good as my memories. In being truthful the fear factor was considerably reduced, however the story and the cast were still just as engaging. Over the years I have gained some knowledge of many actors and also some knowledge of where the film industry was at production wise etc. This in my very lay person opinion is actually quite brillant. If you enjoy old films including horror films I really recommend you try this one. How can you go wrong with Boris.
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    By R D on January 30, 2016
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    Karloff's finest performance. Zita Johann, Edward Van Slone, David Manners, and Noble Johnson also contribute good performances but Karloff is iconic as Im Ho Tep, the malevolent but ultimately tragic living mummy. The direction of Karl Freud is superlative, creating the properly eerie mood through his great skill with the camera. Freud actually surpasses James Whale's "Frankenstein " in terms of purely cinematic style. I think this film reresents the best of Universal's "golden age " of horror.
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    Just wanted to mention that I recently compared the transfers on the Mummy Special Edition (Universal Legacy Series) 2-disc DVD released in July 2008 and the original 1999 Universal single-disc DVD release. The quality of the transfers in terms of contrast, brightness, detail, scratches and blemishes, etc., seems to be virtually identical. However, for some unknown reason the framing of the Legacy Series release is cropped tighter than the 1999 edition, with a small but significant loss of picture information along the right, left, and bottom borders. I watched the Legacy Series version yesterday and the missing information was not enough to seriously impact my enjoyment of the movie, but it's kind of irritating that the older, supposedly obsolete edition actually reveals more of the frame than the newer, supposedly definitive edition. Unfortunately, this seems to be typical of Universal's double- and triple-dip DVD editions: two steps forward and one back. I'm still debating whether to hang on to the 1999 edition, which I was hoping to ditch after buying the newest release. So if you're thinking of upgrading in hopes of getting a superior transfer and don't really care about the extras, my advice is stick with the original 1999 release. The only new extras you get with the Legacy Series release are the second commentary track, 1940s Mummy series trailers, and the Jack Pierce featurette, which is interesting but does not contain much new information unless you are completely ignorant of Pierce's career. The Unraveling the Legacy of the Mummy featurette is really just a promo for the two Brendan Fraser Mummy movies, it doesn't even address the 1940s mummy series, or any other mummy movies for that matter.Read more ›
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