**_Yet another version of Bram Stoker’s complex “The Jewel of Seven Stars” (1903)_** There was an early 1970 television version called “Curse of the Mummy,” which was part of the British horror series Mystery and Imagination. The following year Hammer released “Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb,” noted for statuesque Valerie Leon. Nine years later came a relatively big budget version called “The Awakening” with Charlton Heston, Susannah York and Stephanie Zimbalist. This 1998 rendition had a $2 million budget and went direct-to-video or was released to TV, depending on the country. So, how doe…
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