The Mummy (franchises)

The Mummy is the title of several horroradventure film series centered on an ancient Egyptian priest who is accidentally resurrected, bringing with him a powerful curse, and the ensuing efforts of heroic archaeologists to stop him. These three series of films accompany a spinoff film series, two comic book adaptations, three video games, an animated television series, and a roller coaster ride.

In 1959, the British Hammer Film Productions began its own The Mummy series of films. These include the followingOriginally a proposed remake of The Mummy would have been directed by horror filmmakerwriter Clive Barker. Barkers vision for the film was violent, with the story revolving around the head of a contemporary art museum who turns out to be a cultist trying to reanimate mummies. Barkers take was dark, sexual and filled with mysticism, and that, it would have been a great lowbudget movie. ........

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