tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post3969588046104241189..comments2024-03-28T10:33:39.051-07:00Comments on Horror Movie A Day: The Mummy (1932)BChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480847497966171794noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-51893834528097170682008-12-19T17:58:00.000-08:002008-12-19T17:58:00.000-08:00Funny thing about that Clive Barker update that Wi...Funny thing about that Clive Barker update that Will mentioned...one of the major highlights of it would've been a scene where a guy was doing a really hot Egyptian girl, only to find out she suspiciously had a penis. Anyone know whether he and Mick Garris were writing it before or after The Crying Game?Cam1020https://www.blogger.com/profile/13933374843198678415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-17140770834801715952008-12-19T09:12:00.000-08:002008-12-19T09:12:00.000-08:00This is actually my favorite of the old Universal ...This is actually my favorite of the old Universal horror flicks. It's true that Imhotep is hardly evil, for his only crime was to love his lady and fucking with the natural order of things to do so. He's not malevolent... just single-minded. It's the style with which the film is pulled off and Karloff's acting that draws you in. Plus Zita was hot as hell.Slightly Scaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12759500878322170294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-84399917753974237682008-12-19T06:57:00.000-08:002008-12-19T06:57:00.000-08:00In the early '90s when Clive Barker was attached t...In the early '90s when Clive Barker was attached to THE MUMMY remake, he often said how he wanted to update it, because being chased by a crumbling, shambling, 6,000-year-old mummified corpse that you could easily outrun *just wasn't scary*! The movie is interesting for the reasons you note, but I think it's the least of the Universals.Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.com