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I've always loved this movie -- Lee, it seems to me, is uncanny in that his performance, though mute, somehow conveys the fact that every single pore and atom of this "monster" is in pain and agonizing longing-- from his soul to his desicated flesh -- pain walking the earth as it were. And then he finds his lost love again -- some respite perhaps to be attained from all of the unceasing pain -- I find his halting, lumbering gate to be full of a kind of surreal poetry. But then, I am a sucker for all things Hammer from this period of time. I also have discovered that, for some reason, I seem to have a deep psychological response to the way that Fisher used color in his films -- the palate just seems to resonate deep within me for no good reason that I can articulate. I've ordered the blu ray of the restored version -- and am eagerly awaiting its arrival. I do hope my viewing of the film in this version holds up! If it seems to be pure hokum at my advanced age, I will report never fear!
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Look at this clip, taken from "The Guardian" newspaper, of the restored version of "The Mummy", 1959. The music sounds interesting - dissonant and modern - but the action is hilarious! Who would be frightened in a film like this?!! A pensioner in a motorised shopping chair would be more threatening than this Mummy!! http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2013/oct/15/the-mummy-clip-hammer-horror-classic-video He is bandaged from head to foot and cannot seem to get around that desk without difficulty!! Oh, it's the old 'beauty and the beast' trope!! Or a rags to riches story! LOL I highly recommend that you check out this film completely before you judge this short clip. It is true that the film is not as scary as some of the more graphic films of today, but Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing were the Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff team of Hammer films back in the late 50s and 60s. The Mummy is one of Hammer's classic films and I agree is far better than the Universal films of the 1940s.
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