The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964)

So bad it's good! Well, okay, not good. Actually, it's terrible. But if you and your friends are looking for a movie to riff on, Mystery Science Theater-style, this is the movie for you. And it's from Hammer Studios! I'm not a huge Hammer fan but this has to be one of the larger pieces of mummy crap to ever come out of that studio.

Cheap sets, poor direction, a leading lady whose accent was so bad they had to dub her entire performance, chopped off rubber hands, and so much more!

And there's the Mummy. A slow-moving rather crappy looking mummy. Be sure to watch for the scene where the Mummy slowly advances on a victim to stomp on the guy's head while his friends stand around with sucks-to-be-you looks on their faces. Thanks fellows!

The finale in a underground tunnel provides about the only interesting visual. Check out the guy who cuts off his own hand by slamming a door on it. Sheesh. It's just as stupid as it sounds.

1 1/2 stars, lifted only by the performance of Fred Clark as a Barnum-inspired showman. Almost as craptastic as The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Almost.




Even the poster sucks.