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Tale of the Mummy

R

1998

1 hr. 27 min.

Horror

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17%

6 Reviews

Tomatometer

17%

2,500+ Ratings

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Fifty years ago, Sir Richard Turkel (Christopher Lee) met disaster while exploring the supposedly cursed tomb of the ancient Egyptian tyrant Talos. Now his granddaughter, archaeologist Samantha Turkel (Louise Lombard), eagerly picks up where he left off, delving into its depths to uncover Talos' sarcophagus. But, shortly after the tomb's artifacts are transferred to a London museum, a strange series of murders begins to plague the city. Baffled local detectives enlist Samantha for help.

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Fernando R

👍 it's way better than what is going on in this world in 2024.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/11/24

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So worth the attacks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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This is a terrible movie. Not just kind of terrible ... really godawful. There's a ton of talent involved ... Michael Lerner, Honor Blackman, Christopher Lee, Shelley Duvall, Jon Polito ... and they are all terrible in it. It's puzzling that every actor in it, including ones that are almost always good even in bad films, are just not good. Then again ... the film makes no sense, so what have they got to work with? An hour into this, I realized that even though I had been paying quite close attention, I had no idea what was going on.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Tale of The Mummy(1998) Starring: Jason Scott Lee, Louise Lombard, Sean Pertwee, Lysette Anthony, Michael Lerner, Jack Daveport, Honor Blackman, Shelly Duvall, and Christopher Lee Directed By: Russell Mulcahy Review The curse is legend. The terror is real. Hello Kiddies your pal the crypt-critic here and you know what monster I've never liked, The Mummy. Mummies have always bored me. This film is a triumph at boring me tonight. When an archaeological expedition opens an ancient Egyptian tomb, the unimaginable evil of a cursed pharaoh is unleashed. Dealing with the standard plot points of the mummified undead (curses, reincarnation, deadly linen), it manages to them so lame because the characters are boring but I will give the film two things, The Mummies wrapping in toil tree powers were cool and did a decent job at bringing the mummy to modern time. Apparently this is a straight to video horror film, well no wonder it wasn't that engaging and the CG was shit. But yet somehow it got Christopher Lee in this movie for it's opening. Tale of The Mummy doesn't help me like The Mummy monster but does let me see the potential with it's cool wrapping powers. I'm giving Tale of The Mummy a two and a half out of five.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Frances H

Elements of the better mummy movie that came out the same year, but not nearly as good. The victims being wrapped up a mummies themelessves was interesting.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/17/15

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Audience Member

Why did I watch this? Because Christopher Lee died recently and he is in it. Just another reason to be mad about Saruman's demise.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Russell Mulcahy

Director

Jason Scott Lee

Riley

Louise Lombard

Samantha Turkel

Sean Pertwee

Bradley Cortese

Lysette Anthony

Dr. Claire Mulrooney

Michael Lerner

Professor Marcus

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Michael Dequina

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Unless you find the idea of killer mummy wraps particularly frightening, chances are you'll find this direct-to-vid thriller as ridiculous as I did.

Rated: 1.5/4

Dec 27, 2006

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Oct 6, 2005

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Gerry Shamray

Your Movies (cleveland.com)

Not bad but poor CGI muffles the scares.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 8, 2002

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Scott Weinberg

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Rated: 1/5

Jul 25, 2002

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Greg Dean Schmitz

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Rated: 2/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Dan Jardine

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Rated: 44/100

Jan 1, 2000

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Synopsis

Fifty years ago, Sir Richard Turkel (Christopher Lee) met disaster while exploring the supposedly cursed tomb of the ancient Egyptian tyrant Talos. Now his granddaughter, archaeologist Samantha Turkel (Louise Lombard), eagerly picks up where he left off, delving into its depths to uncover Talos' sarcophagus. But, shortly after the tomb's artifacts are transferred to a London museum, a strange series of murders begins to plague the city. Baffled local detectives enlist Samantha for help.

Director: Russell Mulcahy
Executive Producer: Silvio Muraglia, Daniel Sladek
Screenwriter: Russell Mulcahy, John Esposito
Production Co: 7th Voyage, KNB EFX Group, Cine Grande Corporation
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 7, 2017

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