Normally, you can never go wrong with a Universal monster movie. Whether it's the originals or the slightly less prestigious sequels in each franchise, they always provide suspense, atmosphere, good performances, and overall great entertainment. Well, at least that's what I firmly believed until I watched "The Mummy's Tomb". What a dreary and uninspired sequel this was! The poster proudly exclaims Lon Chaney Jr. As the mummy, Kharis, but it might as well have been nameless extra #17 they wrapped in bandages for the role. The plot is a lousy recycling of the previous sequel, "The Mummy's Hand", with a lot of footage shameless re-used. The only remotely interesting character is depicted by George Zucco, but his role as evil High-Priest is cut too short and then he gets replaced by the very uncharismatic Turhan Bey. He resurrects Kharis, and sends him off to kill the archeologists (and their families) who desecrated the tomb of the Egyptian Princess Ananka during an expedition 30 years earlier. The film moves forward like Kharis does, namely lifeless and at an intolerably slow pace.
Review of The Mummy's Tomb
