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The Mummy – The Legacy Collection (The Mummy/Mummy’s Hand/Mummy’s Tomb/Mummy’s Ghost/Mummy’s Curse) [DVD]
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For the first time ever, the original The Mummy film comes to DVD in this extraordinary Legacy Collection. Included in the collection is the original classic, starring the renowned Boris Karloff, and four timeless sequels, featuring legendary action Lon Chaney, Jr. and others. These are the landmark films that inspired an entire genre of movies and continue to be major influences on motion pictures to this day.
Bonus Content:
Disc 1 – The Mummy (1932):
- Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
- The Mummy Archives
- Feature Commentary with Film Historian Paul M. Jensen
- Theatrical Trailer
Disc 2 – The Mummy’s Hand:
- Theatrical Trailer
Disc 2 – The Mummy’s Tomb:
- Theatrical Trailer
Disc 2 – The Mummy’s Ghost:
- Theatrical Trailer
Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
Package Dimensions : 9.21 x 5.59 x 0.51 inches; 0.01 ounces
Director : Karl Freund, Reginald Le Borg, Christy Cabanne, Harold Young, Leslie Goodwins
Media Format : Box set, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Run time : 5 hours and 27 minutes
Release date : October 19, 2004
Actors : Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, Jr., Dick Foran, David Manners, Peter Coe
Subtitles: : French, Spanish
Producers : Carl Laemmle, Jr., Ben Pivar, Oliver Drake
Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
Studio : Universal Studios Home Entertainment
ASIN : B0002NRRQU
Writers : John L. Balderston, Griffin Jay, Henry Sucher, Bernard Schubert, Brenda Weisberg
Number of discs : 2
Paul Carruthers –
Universal fun…
Ok, so I admit, I wasn’t the biggest fan of the mummy as a kid. The Wolf Man, Frankenstein’s Monster and Dracula I all loved, but the mummy left me cold for some reason. As an adult now, I have a bigger appreciation for the mummy & his place in the lexicon of classic movie monsters.Everyone knows what a classic the original 1932 movie with Karloff is. Moody, understated and beautifully photographed. A first-rate job all the way.But the real fun comes with the second wave of Mummy movies produced by Universal in the 1940s. These were the films largely responsible for the pop-culture image most people think of when they hear the word “mummy”. Admittedly, these films are not great, but they are good B-movie fun (for the most part) and a lot of the fun comes with picking out the various continuity errors that occur throughout the series.Prince Kharis, the bandaged, shuffling brute who throttles anybody who is unfortunate enough to get within his grasp first comes to life in “The Mummy’s Hand” played by b-movie western veteran Tom Tyler. A good movie, although the comic relief provided throughout the film for the most part is obnoxious (especially Wallace Ford), but George Zucco turns in a perfectly sinister performance as the high priest in charge of keeping the mummy alive.Even better (imo) is the follow up “The Mummy’s Tomb” which gets a lot of knocks judging by most reviews I’ve seen, but I thought it was very atmospheric, wasn’t bogged down with any annoying comic relief like “Hand” and Turhan Bey and Lon Chaney Jr. were terrific in their respective roles, although the plot device of the high priest being tempted by some American skirt & fouling up his mission because of it was already getting tired & unfortunately would continue to be repeated in the followup sequels.The other two films, “Mummy’s Ghost” & “Curse” are okay features with a great performance by John Carradine in “Ghost”, but for the most part, the mummy vehicle was getting more than a bit tired by the time these two films were originally released. But taken for what they are, they can still be enjoyable B-movie fodder.Overall, I rate it a somewhat generous “5 stars”, mostly for the fun factor.
Jonas Lindgren –
Arise, Mighty Kharis!!
Whether you know it or not, most of what we think of when we think of the Mummy comes not from 1932’s “The Mummy” with Boris Karloff, but rather from its sequals. Boris was only wrapped in the cloth for the first ten minutes of the movie as “Im-ho-tep”, and then assumed the name “Ardath Bey,” who was dressed and talked for the rest of the movie. But the limping, right-hand-wrapped-to-the-body, rampaging Mummy we know and love is Kharis.”The Mummy’s Hand” is not a sequel to the original “Mummy,” but rather a whole new story. When a troup of American scientists (Dick Foran, Wallce Ford) discover the Princess Ananka, they venture farther on in the dusty, ancient catacombs of Egypt to find the 3,000 year old Kharis (minor cowboy actor Tom Tyler). Both mummies are prepared to go to America, but the mummies have a keeper, and when he discovers the plans of the archaeologists, the high priest brings Kharis to life with tana leaf tea.Kharis and the high priest follow the Americans to New England, in order to retrieve Ananka, Kharis’ love. Wandering the eerie countryside, all the while creating havoc, Kharis meets up with the Americans and Ananka in an exciting climax (watch for the cool “glowing eye” trick on the Mummy).Overall, a great, creepy Universal monster movie with plenty of comic relief to keep things interesting.————————————————————-Screenwriter Griffin Jay, who would co-write the rest of the sequal’s screenplays, co-penned “The Mummy’s Tomb” to follow up “The Mummy’s Hand.” This movie is more of a re-make of the previous movie, in that the mummy is hunting down those who “stole” his beloved princess. It starts with Steve Banning (Dick Foran), years later, regaling his story of the Mummy’s discovery, and his apparent demise. What Banning didn’t know was that the high priest (George Zucco again) appointed a new keeper for the Mummy (Turhan Bey). The high priest falls in love with a local girl, and wants Kharis to capture her. Kharis, revived with tana leaf tea, looks for her, scaring and killing several people throughout the towns.All parties meet at the end, for the classic showdown.”The Mummy’s Tomb” is a great movie, albeit not the most original from a story perspective. Obviously, Universal’s biggest pluses are the creepy sets, which oozes ATMOSPHERE! But the biggest news about this movie, as well as for the remaining two “Mummy” sequals, is that Universal wisely got the incredible Lon Chaney Jr. to play Kharis!These first two “Mummy” sequals are great monster movies, and classics in their own rights!
Kindle Customer –
The original is (almoist) always the best
This B & W movie of “The Mummy” with Boris Karloff is a magnificent example of how children can be scared out of their pants and utterly delighted at the same time. I saw the movie a couple of times as a kid and several more times as an adult. Now that I am fast approaching retirement age, I find that it is just as entertaining as it was 50 years ago. The makeup on Mr. Karloff is utterly believable and, if his body position when he walks appears a little silly, so what? It is the rest of the time that the mummy sends chills down your back. The flashbacks are great and give us an understanding of his unending search for his lost love, the princess, now embodied in the movie’s heroine in this century (or was it last century?).Regardless of the few minor imperfections in this original version of “The Mummy”, I found it to be just as entertaining as it was when I first saw it and even spookier in black and white that it is in the modern color version. No one will ever beat Boris Karloff in this role. He lends just the right amounts of pathos and evil, so that you find yourself wishing he could recover his lost love, just don’t let her be the heroine of this particular movie because she is already taken.Buy it, keep it, watch it periodically and, when you get to be my age, I hope you will enjoy it just as much as I have.
Andrew –
Fast Delevery & Awesome Classic
Item arrived prior to initial shipping date. My uncle is old school and prefers DVDs his VHS no longer works so he is trying to get all his movies in DVD format now but man some of them are old lol but they are good movies not like todays some of todays movies are great but these were the best in their time.
Kindle Customer –
Just having the original Mummy movie to add to my collection is wonderful, the four others is a bonus. and while they are not as good as the original it is interesting to see the changes along the way.
ufuk tuna –
schnelle lieferung und immer wieder gern
Paul Yazy –
The Mummy double feature movies are classic and legendary!!! Great to see how scary it was at those times!!! They don’t make them like that, anymore!!! Truly great!!!
Augustin –
Image et son de bonne qualité pour des films de cette époque. Attention DVD zone 1. En france seul le premier film est sorti en Z2.Sous-titres FR bien lisibles. Les bonus et commentaires ne sont hélas pas sous-titrés. A noter que le premier film n’est qu’en anglais mais les 4 autres suites peuvent être vus aussi en espagnol. Coffret indispensable pour les amateurs.
Charlene Coveyduck –
It was wonderful seeing those old movies again, and the picture was nice and clear. Dealing with this seller was a pleasure