THE MUMMY (HAMMER) (1959)

Cast

Plot

Three British archeologists discover the grave of an important Egyptian female priest who has died about four millenia ago... One of the most fetching of Fisher's early Hammer movies, its qualities are almost entirely abstract and visual, with colour essential to its muted, subtle imagery. Christopher Lee looks tremendous in the title role, smashing his way through doorways and erupting from green, dream-like quagmires in really awe-isnpiring fashion. Yvonne Furneaux plays one of Fisher's most crucial heroines, Isobel Banning, who has let her hair down (literally) and become sensual in order to free her husband (Cushing) from the curse he invokes by opening that tomb.