The Mummy (1959 film)

The Mummy is a 1959 British horror film, directed by Terence Fisher and starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. It was written by Jimmy Sangster and produced by Michael Carreras and Anthony Nelson Keys for Hammer Film Productions.

In Egypt in 1895, archaeologists John Banning Cushing, his father Stephen Felix Aylmer and his uncle Joseph Whemple Raymond Huntley are searching for the tomb of Princess Ananka, the high priestess of the god Karnak. John has a broken leg and cannot accompany his father and uncle when they open the tomb According to Cushings Diary, he had twisted his leg before the filming, so the script was adapted to let him recover. Before they enter, an Egyptian named Mehemet Bey George Pastell warns them not to go in, lest they face the fatal curse against desecrators. Stephen and Joseph ignore him, and discover within the sarcophagus of Ananka. After Joseph leaves to tell John the good news, Stephen finds the Scroll of Life and reads from it. He then screams offscreen and is found in a catatonic state.Three years later, back in England, Stephen Banning comes out of his catatonia at the Engerfield Nursing Home for the Mentally Disordered, and sends for his son. He tells him that when he read from the Scroll of Life, he unintentionally brought back to life Kharis Lee, the mummified high priest of Karnak. He was sentenced to be entombed alive to serve as the guardian of Princess Anankas tomb as punishment for attempting to bring her back to life out of forbidden love. Now, Stephen tells his disbelieving son that Kharis will hunt down and kill all those who desecrated Anankas tomb. ........

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