Starring: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux, Eddie Byrne
Director: Terence Fisher
Running Time: 88 mins
Certificate: PG
Release Date: October 14th 2013

Following the success of Dracula and Frankenstein, it was little surprise that Hammer decided to take on one of the other characters that Universal had success with in the 1930s – The Mummy. The British film company’s 1959 take on bandaged ancient Egyptians reunites Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and director Terence Fisher, and while the results aren’t as memorable as with the earlier movies, it is fun. [Read more…]