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The Mummy's Tomb

1942 · 61 min

A short, shadowy old-fashioned monster chase with torchlit mobs and a slow, shuffling dread that feels cozy rather than frightening today.

Directed by
Harold Young
Genres
Horror, Fantasy
Starring
Lon Chaney Jr., Dick Foran, John Hubbard
Tagline
The FEAR of the Year!
Overview
A high priest of Karnak travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill all those who had desecrated the tomb of the Egyptian princess Ananka thirty years earlier.

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Directed by
Harold Young
Genres
Horror, Fantasy
Starring
Lon Chaney Jr., Dick Foran, John Hubbard
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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • death
  • obsession
  • fate
  • isolation
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror6
Humour2
Realism4
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
horror, fantasy
Directed by
Harold Young
Written by
Henry Sucher, Griffin Jay
Starring
Lon Chaney Jr., Dick Foran, John Hubbard, Elyse Knox, George Zucco, Wallace Ford, Turhan Bey, Virginia Brissac
Cinematography
George Robinson
Runtime
61 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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