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There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Silly story about an evil Egyptian mummy queen who possesses the daughter of an archaeologist after he gives her the queen's ancient ring as a gift. The daughter, now possessed by Queen Tera, proceeded to hunt down the tomb hunters in modern day London in order to collect artifacts that will bring her back to life. So it's more of a possession story than a mummy going around and killing people. Outside of a sentient severed hand, this is a pretty weak Hammer Horror outing. Based on a Bram Stoker novel.

Returning home from an excavation, an archeologist's daughter finds that her resemblance to a recently-unearthed Egyptian queen's tomb allows her soul to possess her in an effort to be unleashed in the world again, and must race to stop the ceremony from being completed.This is probably one of Hammer's most underrated features. One of its better features is that this effectively uses shadow and suggestion among the best that the studio ever tried and managing to bridge the gap between their Gothic start and the more exploitative side that was coming to the forefront. The first one is clearly the highlight, as a victim inside an insane asylum, straight-jacketed and held down, when a vicious wind begins to howl and starts blowing things around the room. He notices a snake sculpture on the wall is missing and he goes over to try to get out, but he is trapped inside when the snake sculpture's shadow on the side of the wall slowly approaches him and gets even more frantic and hysterical, and the wind picks up to hide the brutal murder that follows quite effectively. All of the shadows and other images in the film are nice uses of suspense to give the film a little something extra, just to spice up the action. The attacks at the end are the most fun with the full powers of the possessed queen put to display in a variety of locations against the attackers which allows for some frenetic action scenes to occur as the wild fight in the library, a further attack at her home and the finale which is just plain fun. The amazing sets are so eerie and striking that it really catches your eye. It also adds to the suspense of the scenes since the realism of them plays out incredibly well as they are so intricately made that it almost looks like they used ancient Egyptian props straight from a tomb and put them directly in front of the camera. The tomb is the most impressive, with the beautiful sarcophagus in the middle as the best example of this with the decorated head filled with colored jewels, the elaborate headdress, and the overall design it has is simply marvelous with the large hieroglyphics on the walls and looks very nice. It really does look like an actual Egyptian tomb inside up to Hammer's usual high standards. Even the kills were pretty good as always going for the jugular is a nice adaptation to give the killer, making for some nasty kills along the way even if it doesn't provide for any creativity. However, it allows for a lot of blood to flow, as this is one of the bloodier films from Hammer. There weren't a lot of kills in the beginning, but once this got rolling, they came fast and furious. Finally, Valerie Leon is one of the better and busty heroines of the Hammer staple, spending a lot of time in the film wearing negligee, and sometimes less, so this is something many red-blooded males will want to see. There's not a lot to dislike from this one, though it is probably one of the slower entries in the series so it takes a while to get going. Once it gets going, it's not that bad, but for a mummy film we don't see the mummy in the film all that often. Even more so, it isn't a mummy in the traditional sense that we know of, covered in layers of moldy bandages and shuffling about. Here, not only is it rarely seen, but it isn't the traditional mummy, so fans may be disappointed with it if it's a blind buy based on the title.Today's Rating/PG-13: Violence and Brief Nudity.

An archaeological expedition brings back to London the coffin of an Egyptian queen known for her magic powers. Her spirit returns in the form of a young girl and strange things starts to happen.Unfortunately, Peter Cushing was supposed to appear in this film but had to step down because his wife was sick at the time. Cushing is one of those actors that really made Hammer great, so it is unfortunate that he does not have even a cameo here.I found using the Big Dipper as a symbol is rather interesting, but also illogical. The Dipper is only a human -- rather than natural -- constellation (or more technically an asterism), and therefore should not have any more galactic importance than any random grouping of stars. And yet, many cultures of the world have recognized it -- it plays a role in Taoist astrology, the Bible at Amos 5:8 and in Homer's writing.

This was one of the later Hammer entries, and it shows. It's two marquis stars, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, had moved on to greener pastures. (Cushing was originally slated to appear, but had a family emergency.) The plot is that the perfectly preserved body of an ancient Egyptian sorceress is discovered by an archaeological expedition. The expedition members divvy up the artifacts, with the leader taking the body and most of the good bits. Ironically, his daughter, stillborn but resurrected on the day of the discovery, has grown into the spitting image of the mummy.The film is loosely based on Bram Stoker's "Jewel of the Seven Stars", which is to say they ripped off a few elements, put Stoker's name on it safe in the knowledge that he was long dead and his works had entered the Public Domain.Still, not a bad film, and you get some of the flavor of Hammer, if not the quality. Certainly better than modern horror films.