Dawn of the Mummy
Year: 1981
Genre: Horror
Studio: Harmony Gold
Director: Frank Agrama
Cast: Brenda Siemer Scheider, Barry Sattels, George Peck, John Salvo, Ibrahim Khan, Joan Levy
Crew: Frank Agrama (Director), Daria Price (Screenplay), Ronald Dobrin (Screenplay), Frank Agrama (Screenplay), Ronald Dobrin (Story), Daria Price (Story)
Runtime: 93 minutes
Release: Dec 11, 1981
IMDb: 3.90/10 by 34 users
Popularity: 2
Country: Egypt, United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 500,000
Revenue: 0
Having just sat through five hours of Steven Soderbergh's "Che", I thought a little light relief might be in order. OK, well maybe not quite this light. It's all about a group of bimbettes and their photographer who are filming in the Egyptian desert and discover a long lost tomb. Seeking treasures, all they find is trouble as their desecration awakens some critters who haven't had a snack since King Tut was but an apple in his mother's eye. The first ten minutes and the last ten minutes are where the action is, the rest is a shocking waste of videotape where director Frank Agrama has concluded that women screaming hysterically and a lack of stage lighting will do all that's required to convey a sense of peril. Personally, I felt sorry for the indigestion facing these mummies who really did deserve something altogether meatier after their millennia long nap. George Peck stands out as "Rick" - acting like this, well you just don't see to every day and I think it ought to be savoured. Appreciated even - for exactly what it is. Terrible. It isn't really fair to single him out, they are all just as bad as each other and in no world could I ever recommend this - even if you do, like me, like the genre. Neither Boris Karloff nor Christopher Lee have anything to worry about.