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The Mummy's Hand

1940 · 67 min

A creaky, atmospheric old-dark-house adventure in the desert, with comic banter lightening the creeping dread of a shuffling, unstoppable guardian.

Directed by
Christy Cabanne
Genres
Horror, Fantasy
Starring
Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Wallace Ford
Tagline
The tomb of a thousand terrors!
Overview
A couple of young, out-of-work archaeologists in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess Ananka. After receiving funding from an eccentric magician and his beautiful daughter, they set out into the desert only to be terrorized by a sinister high priest and the living mummy Kharis who are the guardians of Ananka’s tomb.

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Directed by
Christy Cabanne
Genres
Horror, Fantasy
Starring
Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Wallace Ford
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • greed
  • death
  • faith
  • survival
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror5
Humour4
Realism4
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
horror, fantasy
Directed by
Christy Cabanne
Written by
Griffin Jay, Maxwell Shane
Starring
Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Wallace Ford, George Zucco, Cecil Kellaway, Charles Trowbridge, Tom Tyler, Eduardo Ciannelli
Cinematography
Elwood Bredell
Runtime
67 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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