The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb

The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb

Film poster
Directed by Michael Carreras
Written by Michael Carreras
Starring Terence Morgan
Ronald Howard
Fred Clark
Jeanne Roland
Michael Ripper
George Pastell
Music by Carlo Martelli
Franz Reizenstein (uncredited)
Cinematography Otto Heller
Distributed by Columbia
Release date(s) 1964
Country United Kingdom
Language English

The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb is a 1964 British horror film by Hammer Film Productions.

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Plot

A mummy discovered by three Egyptologists is brought back to London by a showman. The mummy begins to murder various members of the expedition until it is revealed that a sinister character (portrayed by Terence Morgan) carries a secret to the mummy's past and future.

Cast

Production

The film stars Terence Morgan, Ronald Howard, and Fred Clark, and was directed by Michael Carreras. Unlike most Hammer films of that period, it was filmed at Elstree Studios, rather than the company's permanent home at Bray. With the exception of (for example) character actors Michael Ripper and George Pastell, director Carreras and designer Bernard Robinson, most of the cast and crew were not Hammer veterans.

The score was by Carlo Martelli, but contained uncredited excerpts from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, Ippolitov-Ivanov's Procession of the Sardar, and Franz Reizenstein's music written for Hammer's original "mummy" film.

Because union rules in Britain decreed that one person could not be credited as the writer, producer and director of a film, writer/producer/director Michael Careras adopted the name "Henry Younger" for his screenplay -- a deliberate play on the name "John Elder," which was Hammer producer Anthony Hinds' writing pseudonym.

Novelization

A novelization of the film was written by John Burke as part of his 1966 book The Hammer Horror Film Omnibus.

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