The Mummy
Directed by Karl Freund
An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when a British archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the researchers accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.
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- BrandonCFAugust 4, 2025Without a doubt my favorite of the "Universal Monster Movies". Everything just clicks with this one. It's timeless to me. It doesn't even feel like this movie is almost a century old to me, I just lose myself. Boris Karlof really shows off his acting chops here imo. Cinematography and effects all feel right here and you can easily forget it's in B&W. Very cool movie. 2 thumbs up for sure!
- LivewireAdminDecember 2, 2025Great sets, miniatures and special effects (for the time). I found the story to be slow and somewhat uninteresting. The actors were decent for the dialogue they were given. One thing I find myself enjoying about these older Universal monster movies is the quietness. These filmmakers were not afraid to let the movie linger in silence and build atmosphere/tension. It might be generational bias but I consider 1999's The Mummy the definitive version of this story. I'm surprised Universal didn't turn to Stephen Sommers in the early 2000's to try and get a shared universe going. Maybe his attempt at that was 2004's Van Helsing and that was pretty bad so never mind lol
The Mummy Trivia
The Mummy was released on December 22, 1932.
The Mummy was directed by Karl Freund.
The Mummy has a runtime of 73m.
The Mummy was produced by Carl Laemmle Jr..
An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when a British archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the researchers accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.
The key characters in The Mummy are Imhotep / Ardath Bey (Boris Karloff), Helen Grosvenor / Princess Anck-es-en-Amon (Zita Johann), Frank Whemple (David Manners).
The Mummy is rated Not Rated.
The Mummy is a Horror, Fantasy film.
The Mummy has an audience rating of 7.1 out of 10.
The Mummy had a budget of $196K.
The Mummy has made $1,408 at the box office.