The Mummy (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #18 extract: The Mummy (1932)

A very clunky classic, The Mummy is a film I would only recommend to anyone seriously interested in old horror pictures. 

I myself didn't have a good time with this film and only watched it to delve deeper into the classic Universal Monster movies. Whilst Frankenstein would be the most interesting of these films in my view, The Mummy falls through the ranks and below the likes of Dracula, The Invisible Man, The Wolf Man and The Creature From The Black Lagoon. This all comes to the fact that this film relies on atmosphere, but only has one shot - the one iconic shot of Karloff's face - that actually captures an immersive aesthetic and mood. With clunky everything - writing and acting especially - The Mummy then felt quite a lot longer than 70 minutes. 

I'm sure there are some out there who could really appreciate this film, but, I think most would agree that The Mummy has not aged well at all.