The Mummy's Shroud

I see death! Produced under the most lucrative partnership between Hammer and 20th Century Fox as almost as an afterthought comments historian Bruce G. Hallenbeck in his audio commentary, THE MUMMY’S SHROUD (1967) is an unrefined gem of this era for Hammer Films, and most…

Jon Peters

RESEÑA EN ESPAÑOL SPOOKTOBER VI: THE HAMMER OF HORROR Ok, by now I probably don’t need to say how impressive the technical work is—arguably the film’s strongest aspect—especially the lighting, which masterfully uses the color red in key scenes, like that intense kill in…

Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine

The Mummy's Shroud is the third film in Hammer's Mummy series and it basically tells the same story as the other two, only this time the major plot beats are rearranged. We begin with the obligatory flashback which tells the story of the antagonistic Mummy. The film spends…

Slig001

"The Mummy's Shroud" is a 1967 horror film directed by John Gilling. The film is part of the infamous Hammer Horror cannon, who released four features on the creature that is "The Mummy" itself between 1959 to 1971. "The Mummy's Shroud is the third release out of the four,…

Blake Bergman "Various Spaghetti"

The mummy costume here is noticeably streamlined from the two earlier Hammer films. With its slip-on faux-bandage forearm vambraces, one-piece mask, and roomy, trouser-style linen outerwear (with moisture wicking, one assumes), this is Mummy Activewear for the modern…

Kevin Majestyck

5th John Gilling (after Plague of the Zombies, The Reptile, Shadow of the Cat and The Flesh and the Fiends) This is largely lower-rung Hammer, but what does keep it interesting is a trifecta of very different women; Haiti the fortune teller, industrialist’s wife Barbara…

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"But when the desert is behind us, begins the real danger. And some of us won't survive." In 1920, an expedition to Egypt, led by archaeologist Sir Basil Walden (André Morell), discovers the lost burial site of Kah-To-Bey, a pharaoh's son who was spirited away when his…

Daniel

The Universal Mummy movies made the mistake of transplanting the Mummy to America, where no matter how much he terrorized a town the whole thing felt vaguely silly. The Hammer series, thankfully, centers their movies on Egypt and London. This time, they never even get out…

threepenny

Yes, this third mummy picture from Hammer hits exactly the same narrative beats as the other two mummy films: flashback to ancient Egypt, tomb find and mummy kills, but as I liked those, I don’t really have a problem with seeing another version. This one gives us a…

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