Blood from the Mummy's Tomb

"A severed hand beckons from an open grave!"

1971 1h 34m EN

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★5.5TMDB · 119

Horror

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Two Egyptologists, Professor Fuchs and Corbeck, are instrumental in unleashing unmitigated horror by bringing back to England the mummified body of Tara, the Egyptian Queen of Darkness. Fuchs’s daughter becomes involved in a series of macabre and terrifying incidents, powerless against the forces of darkness, directed by Corbeck, that are taking possession of her body and soul to fulfill the ancient prophesy that Queen Tara will be resurrected to continue her reign of unspeakable evil.

“A severed hand beckons from an open grave!”

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Cast

Valerie Leon
Margaret Fuchs / Queen Tera
Andrew Keir
Professor Julian Fuchs
James Villiers
Corbeck
Hugh Burden
Geoffrey Dandridge
George Coulouris
Professor Berrigan
Mark Edwards
Tod Browning
Rosalie Crutchley
Helen Dickerson
Aubrey Morris
Doctor Putnum

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Seth Holt
Writers: Christopher Wicking
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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55 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Mummy (Hammer) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Seth Holt, shot by Arthur Grant. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Tristram Cary. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Peter Weatherley shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Valerie Leon and Andrew Keir and James Villiers carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A severed hand beckons from an open grave!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0068290 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Seth Holt directs. Arthur Grant behind the camera. Tristram Cary scores. Peter Weatherley cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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155 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "The Mummy (Hammer) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Seth Holt, shot by Arthur Grant. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Tristram Cary. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Peter Weatherley shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Valerie Leon and Andrew Keir and James Villiers carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "A severed hand beckons from an open grave!".
8IMDB entry: tt0068290 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 9 themes, including "fortune teller", "based on novel or book", "insanity", "queen".

The technical file

Cinematography: Arthur Grant
Original score: Tristram Cary
Editing: Peter Weatherley
Production design: Scott MacGregor
Makeup / hair: Eddie Knight
Runtime: 94 min · 1h 34m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971)

Part of

The Mummy (Hammer) Collection

A Hammer Films Productions horror film series.

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Seth Holt

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Wuchak2021-10-07
★ 6/10
This ain’t no hideous corpse in white bandages! After relics are taken from a sorceress’ tomb in Egypt, she is somehow reincarnated in London (Valerie Leon) in order to get the artifacts back and worse. Andrew Keir and James Villiers play archeologists while Mark Edwards appears as the woman’s cool beau. “Blood from the Mummy's Tomb” (1971) is the fourth and final Mummy film by Hammer, after “The Mummy” (1959), “The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb” (1964) and “The Mummy’s Shroud” (1967). While they all have similar plots, each can be enjoyed as a standalone movie and I prefer this one to the overrated first one, which overdid it with the dull Egyptian rituals and citations of sacred scrolls, amongst a couple other flaws. The highlight of “Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb” is statuesque Valerie Leon, whose voice was dubbed by actress Olive Gregg. There’s a sense of artistry to the filmmaking, which I appreciate. But the story is kind of viewer-unfriendly in the first act due to jumping around to different time frames with little indication, yet everything is eventually explained so no worries. Peter Cushing originally played Keir’s role, but had to leave the production after a day’s shooting to attend to his deathly ill wife. Meanwhile director Seth Holt died suddenly due to heart failure five weeks into production with only a few days left; he was only 47 years-old. Michael Carreras finished the job uncredited. The idea of the Egyptian mummy being a beautiful woman was quite original at the time. Of course Tom Cruise & Co. took the idea to forge 2017’s “The Mummy,” which is all-around more entertaining. But this one ain’t no slouch if you don’t mind the limitations of the time period and Hammer-esque films (Amicus, Tigon, AIP, etc.). The film runs 1 hour, 34 minutes, and was shot at Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, just northwest of London. GRADE: B-

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