The Mummy's Shroud

John Chard

2020-04-20

⭐ 6

Beware the beat of the cloth-wrapped feet! The Mummy's Shroud is directed by John Gilling who also co-adapts the screenplay with Anthony Hinds. It stars André Morell, John Phillips, David Buck, Elizabeth Sellars, Maggie Kimberly and Michael Ripper. Music is by Don Banks and cinematography by Arthur Grant. Mezzera, Egypt, 1920, and an expedition to find the tomb of Pharaoh Kah-to-Bey gets more than they bargained for when they unearth a shroud adorned with the ancient writings of life and death... The third instalment of Hammer Films forays into Mumified based Egyptology, The Mummy's S…

Wuchak

2023-12-27

⭐ 6

**_Decent third entry in Hammer’s mummy series_** In 1920, a team of archaeologists are willing to risk death in order to find the ancient tomb of a Pharaoh's son in the isolated Egyptian desert. The father of one of the team members, a pompous businessman, arrives in time to assist in violating the grave, removing the bodies and the sacred shroud. Big mistake. "The Mummy's Shroud" (1967) is the third of four films in Hammer’s series; the others being "The Mummy" (1959), "The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb" (1964) and "Blood from the Mummy's Tomb" (1971). They all have similar plots and each …