But Pharaoh's bodyguards had followed Imhotep and stopped him before the ritual could be completed."Īs punishment for their sacrilege, "Imhotep's priests were condemned to be mummified alive. Anck-su-namun's soul had come back from the dead. Anck-su-namun's soul had been sent to the dark underworld, her vital organs removed and placed in five sacred canopic jars. For his love, Imhotep dared the gods' anger by going deep into the city where he took the black Book of the Dead from its holy resting place. They raced deep into the desert, taking Anck-su-namun's corpse to Hamunaptra, City of the Dead, ancient burial site for the sons of pharaohs and resting place for the wealth of Egypt. The narrator continued about how the dead mistress was resurrected during a secret ritualistic ceremony, but returned to the underworld when interrupted mid-way: "To resurrect Anck-su-namun, Imhotep and his priests broke into her crypt and stole her body. Only you can resurrect me." As he was dragged away by his priests to the balcony, he promised: "You shall live again! I will resurrect you!" When the bodyguards reached her, she told them: "My body is no longer his temple!" and suicidally drove a dagger into her own midsection. As Pharaoh's bodyguards approached, Anck-su-namun told her lover: "You must go. When Pharaoh Seti discovered and confronted his traitorous high priest who was engaged in an affair with her, she plunged a dagger into his back, and Imhotep finished the monarch off with a sword. But for their love, they were willing to risk life itself." Aristocratic, elderly ruling Pharaoh Seti I (Aharon Ipale) unexpectedly entered the temple of Osiris, where bald, muscular high-priest Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) was the "keeper of the dead." The Pharaoh's exclusive thong-wearing mistress Anck-su-namun (Patricia Velasquez), with netting over her almost-naked body, entered the temple where she passionately and lustfully embraced Imhotep, who grasped her arm and smeared her body paint. In voice-over, a narrator (Imhotep himself) introduced the setting and its three main characters: "Thebes, City of the Living, crown jewel of Pharaoh Seti the First, home of Imhotep, Pharaoh's high priest, keeper of the dead, birthplace of Anck-su-namun.
THE MUMMY MOVIE FRANCHISE FULL
This luxurious 68-page special collector’s edition magazine is perfect bound in the style of Classic Monsters of the Movies magazine, and is packed with articles, stills and posters, all printed in a beautiful full colour publication which any classic monster lover will cherish.In the opening, the Univeral Studios logo, an earthly globe, transformed into a hot burning sun above the pyramids in Egypt at Thebes. Painstakingly researched, and lovingly written by authors Nige Burton and Jamie Jones, The Universal Mummy Movies 1932-1955 also looks in depth at the many people behind the series, from cast and crew to studio executives and the creative brains at the beating heart of the Mummy story.
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Our luxury franchise guide begins with a chapter devoted to The Mummy (1932) and covers each instalment in the series in turn, with many rare stills, posters, behind the scenes information, facts and trivia. The Mummy was their brand new monster after the success of Dracula and Frankenstein the previous year, and would prove to be one of their most enduring.Īlthough it was eight years before a sequel was produced, once The Mummy’s Hand had been released in 1940, with Tom Tyler stepping into the bandages, it could only be a matter of time before the studio’s franchise bandwagon pulled the character on board and handed the reins to its new master character creator, Lon Chaney Jr. LOW SHIPPING RATES FOR ORDERS OF THE UNIVERSAL MUMMY MOVIES 1932-1955 TO THE UNITED STATES, UK, CANADA AND EUROPE!Īncient, exotic, and unstoppable – Universal’s Mummy was brought terrifyingly to life by Boris Karloff in the 1932 horror classic directed by Karl Freund. Product Description In stock for immediate shipping.