tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187299713644063295.post1624789976383673261..comments2024-02-24T17:00:01.726-06:00Comments on W-Cinema: The Mummy (1959)J Luis Riverahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00145857465646419255noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187299713644063295.post-62992678087694246592008-10-30T11:13:00.000-06:002008-10-30T11:13:00.000-06:00OK, thanks to this review [and my devotion to Pete...OK, thanks to this review [and my devotion to Peter "Moff Tarkin" Cushing], I'm including this in my horror marathon that will start later tonight.<BR/><BR/>Cushing is the only actor that rivals Vincent Price in sheer creepiness and presence.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Guidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07385313940733058839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187299713644063295.post-50966053552965579092008-10-30T11:05:00.000-06:002008-10-30T11:05:00.000-06:00I'm really loving this series of reviews, great wo...I'm really loving this series of reviews, great work.<BR/><BR/>And now that you mention Corman, I think his absolute best work, one that wouldn't necessarily be considered a horror film [although pretty horrific stuff happens in it], is The Intruder. <BR/><BR/>After an output of so much schlock, I never would've imagined that he'd have such a film in him.<BR/><BR/>Do try to see it.<BR/><BR/>Un saludo!Guidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07385313940733058839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187299713644063295.post-53746916355714053032008-10-30T00:09:00.000-06:002008-10-30T00:09:00.000-06:00Hi jriddle! Hammer horror goes downhill quickly in...Hi jriddle! Hammer horror goes downhill quickly in the 60s, or so I've heard (I'm new to them, sort of), although their 70s films with Ingrid Pitt are great in my book.<BR/><BR/>I prefer Corman's Gothic films in color to Hammer's, so I guess their reputation comes for being influential, not exactly "great" (Nevertheless, I do love "The Curse of the Werewolf").J Luis Riverahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145857465646419255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8187299713644063295.post-52927908071082116462008-10-29T23:53:00.000-06:002008-10-29T23:53:00.000-06:00I'm something of an heretic when it comes to Hamme...I'm something of an heretic when it comes to Hammer's output; as entertaining as a lot of the films undeniably are, they're still, for the most part, basically formulaic programmers, the filmmakers behind them competent jobbers without much to say. They're often credited with the Gothic revival that followed them, and, while it's true their <I>success</I> helped bring about that new wave of films, the Hammer movies themselves were often put to shame, quality-wise, by the films that emerged at the same time from Italy, the U.S., and even Mexico. The Hammer films' reputations are largely a consequence of their then-scandalous violence and sexual content, and while this content certainly resulted in a storm of controversy at the time (mostly from elderly British critics who, one suspect, were paid by the harrumph), it seemed the stuff of tame children's fare within only a few short years.<BR/><BR/>All of that said, the first Hammer MUMMY film is, indeed, one of their gems. Not a classic, by any stretch of the imagination, and largely a rehash of elements of the Universal films, the film is well-enough assembled and manages enough original touches (and beautiful Technicolor photography) to put it in the top tier of the studio's output. I've always thought of it as the legitimate sequel to the 1932 film. Not in the same class, mind you--few films are--but a film that is actually worthy of the original.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com