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Theme: Mummies

The mummy originates from funerary practices in which the body of the deceased is ritually wrapped in bandages and the organs removed for preservation. The mummy is almost always associated with Ancient Egyptian history and there has been great fascination with mummies following the unearthing of the tombs of pharaohs. Though fictional depictions usually centre on Egyptian mummies, mummification also appears in other cultures.

The mummy gained a fascination on screen not long after the opening of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922. There were a couple of silent films but the genre was popularised by Universal’s The Mummy (1932). The Universal mummy we know emerged from the series of sequels that followed, which typified it as a slow, shuffling creature wrapped in bandages risen from the dead, usually come to look for the reincarnation of its lost love.

There have been numerous B mummy movies, while Mexico has produced their own films about Aztec mummies. Hammer remade the Universal film with The Mummy (1959) and made several mummy films of their own but little changed from a slow shuffling creature wrapped in bandages. There have been a number of mummy comedies, even erotic films.

The 1980s began a move towards revising the genre, including the first mummy films to be actually shot on location in Egypt. The genre was revived in the late 1990s with the big-budget The Mummy (1999), which mounted it as an Adventure Film with CGI effects. This produced several sequels and imitators.


Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

8 April 200111 February 2020

Rating: ★

Two Idiots Meet the Mummy

Director: Charles Lamont
Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marie Windsor, Richard Deacon
Category: Horror

The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in “For Love or Mummy” (1999)

31 December 200026 June 2025

Rating: 0­

Two Idiots vs a Mummy

Director: John Cherry, Larry Harmon
Actors: Bronson Pinchot, Gailard Sartain, Susan Danford, F. Murray Abraham, …
Category: Fantasy

Ancient Evil: Scream of the Mummy (1999)

31 December 20005 March 2020

Rating: ★

Revived Aztec Mummy

Director: David DeCoteau
Actors: Ariauna Albright, Trent Latta, Brenda Blondell
Category: Horror

The Awakening (1980)

21 July 200012 October 2023

Rating: ★★★

Resurrected Mummy Queen

Director: Mike Newell
Actors: Charlton Heston, Stephanie Zimbalist, Susannah York, Jill Townsend, …
Category: Horror

Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (1971)

19 June 200525 June 2022

Rating: ★★½

Revived Mummy Queen/Hammer Film

Director: Seth Holt, Michael Carreras
Actors: Valerie Leon, Andrew Keir, James Villiers, Hugh Burden, …
Category: Horror

Bram Stoker’s Legend of the Mummy (1997)

25 March 20035 March 2020

Rating: ★

Revived Mummy

Director: Jeffrey Obrow
Actors: Louis Gossett Jr, Eric Lutes, Amy Locane, Mark Lindsay Chapman, …
Category: Horror

Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)

14 August 200410 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Elvis vs the Mummy in a Retirement Home

Director: Don Coscarelli
Actors: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Heidi Marnhout, Larry Pennell, …
Category: Horror

The Curse of the Aztec Mummy (1957)

29 November 201819 October 2021

Rating: ★

Revived Aztec Mummy

Director: Rafael Portillo
Actors: Ramon Gay, Luis Aceves Castaneda, Crox Alvarado, Rosita Arenas, …
Category: Horror

The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1964)

9 November 19998 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Hammer Mummy Film

Director: Michael Carreras
Actors: Terence Morgan, Ronald Howard, Fred Clark, Jack Gwillim, …
Category: Horror

Dawn of the Mummy (1981)

20 August 200327 June 2020

Rating: ★

Revived Mummies/Italian Gore

Director: Frank Agrama
Category: Horror

Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1970)

29 April 201618 December 2022

Rating: ½

Monster Bash/Alien Invasion

Director: Tulio Demichelli
Actors: Michael Rennie, Paul Naschy, Craig Hill, Patty Shepard, …
Category: Horror

The Eternal (1998)

6 March 200115 October 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Druidic Mummy

Director: Michael Almereyda
Actors: Christopher Walken, Jared Harris, Lois Smith, Karl Geary, …
Category: Horror

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec (2010)

8 May 201219 May 2023

Rating: ★★★

Girl Writer’s Fantastical Adventures

Director: Luc Besson
Actors: Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Philippe Nahon, Serge Bagdassarian
Category: Fantasy

Face of the Screaming Werewolf (1964)

30 January 201318 December 2022

Rating: 0­

Werewolf/Aztec Mummy

Director: Jerry Warren, Rafael Lopez Portillo, Gilberto Martinez Solares
Actors: Lon Chaney Jr, Rosa Arenas, Ramon Gay, Yerye Beirute, …
Category: Horror

Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006)

11 February 201029 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

Demon Superhero/Animation

Director: Phil Weinstein, Tad Stones
Actors: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Peri Gilpin
Category: Horror

Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

23 January 201630 August 2021

Rating: ★★

Animation/Famous Monsters Comedy

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Actors: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Asher Blinkoff, …
Category: Fantasy

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

28 September 201230 May 2022

Rating: ★★

Animation/Hotel for Famous Monsters

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Actors: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, …
Category: Fantasy

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)

25 November 201827 January 2022

Rating: ★★

Animation/Famous Monsters Comedy

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Actors: Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Kathryn Hahn, Asher Blinkoff, …
Category: Fantasy

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)

29 January 202229 January 2022

Rating: ★★

Animation/Famous Monsters Comedy

Director: Derek Drymon, Jennifer Kluska
Actors: Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Brian Hull, Kathryn Hahn, …
Category: Fantasy

Mad Monster Party? (1967)

5 August 200018 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Famous Monster Bash/Stop-Motion Animation

Director: Jules Bass
Actors: Boris Karloff, Phyllis Diller
Category: Fantasy

The Midnight Hour (1985)

8 April 200122 March 2023

Rating: ★★

Halloween Special

Director: Jack Bender
Actors: Lee Harcourt Montgomery, Shari Belafonte, LeVar Burton, Peter DeLuise, …
Category: Horror

Monster Brawl (2011)

24 April 201413 March 2025

Rating: ★

Wrestling Match Between Famous Monsters

Director: Jesse Thomas Cook
Actors: Dave Foley, Art Hindle, Robert Maillet, Jason David Brown, …
Category: Horror

Monster Mash (2024)

28 April 202521 June 2025

Rating: ★★★

Classic Monster Bash

Director: Jose Prendes
Actors: Michael Madsen, Ethan Daniel Corbett, Emma Reinagel, Erik Celso Mann, …
Category: Horror

The Monster Squad (1987)

24 May 201514 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Kids vs the Famous Monsters

Director: Fred Dekker
Actors: Duncan Regehr, Tom Noonan, Andre Gower, Stephen Macht, …
Category: Horror

The Mummy (1932)

31 October 200812 January 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Revived Mummy

Director: Karl Freund
Actors: Boris Karloff, Edward Van Sloan, David Manners
Category: Horror

The Mummy (1959)

1 March 202220 July 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Revived Mummy/Hammer Film

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux, George Pastell, …
Category: Horror

The Mummy (1999)

11 May 19993 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Revived Mummy/Adventure

Director: Stephen Sommers
Actors: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, …
Category: Horror

The Mummy (2017)

22 July 201711 February 2025

Rating: ★

Revived Mummy

Director: Alex Kurtzman
Actors: Tom Cruise, Annabelle Wallis, Russell Crowe, Sofia Boutella, …
Category: Horror

The Mummy Rebirth (2019)

3 May 20216 September 2024

Rating: ★

Revived Mummy

Director: Khu, Justin Price
Actors: Brittany Goodwin, Carter, David E. Cazares, Deanna Grace Congo, …
Category: Horror

The Mummy Returns (2001)

6 May 20013 May 2021

Rating: ★

Revived Mummy/Adventure

Director: Stephen Sommers
Actors: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo, John Hannah, …
Category: Horror, Fantasy

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

9 October 200822 July 2019

Rating: ★

Revived Mummy/Chinese Adventure

Director: Rob Cohen
Actors: Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello, Jet Li, Luke Ford, …
Category: Horror

The Mummy’s Curse (1944)

26 January 20018 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Universal Mummy Film

Director: Leslie Goodwins
Actors: Lon Chaney Jr, Virginia Christine, Dennis Moore, Martin Kosleck, …
Category: Horror

The Mummy’s Ghost (1944)

31 May 200118 November 2021

Rating: ★★

Universal Mummy Film

Director: Reginald LeBorg
Actors: Lon Chaney Jr, John Carradine, Barton MacLane, Frank Reicher, …
Category: Horror

The Mummy’s Hand (1940)

23 September 20008 December 2021

Rating: ★★½

Universal Mummy Film

Director: Christy Cabanne
Actors: Tom Tyler, Cecil Kelloway, George Zucco, Dick Foran, …
Category: Horror

The Mummy’s Tomb (1942)

14 October 20008 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Universal Mummy Film

Director: Harold Young
Actors: Lon Chaney Jr, Turhan Bey, George Zucco, John Hubbard, …
Category: Horror

The Munsters (2022)

30 September 202227 November 2023

Rating: ★★★

Family of Monsters/TV Series Remake

Director: Rob Zombie
Actors: Jeff Daniel Phillips, Sheri Moon Zombie, Daniel Roebuck, Richard Brake, …
Category: Horror

Nympho Libre (2007)

23 September 200722 January 2025

Rating: 0­

Mexican Wrestling Pornographic Parody

Director: Toby Dammit, Johnny Legend
Actors: Johnny Legend, Mark Woods
Category: Fantasy

Orgy of the Dead (1965)

11 November 201511 April 2024

Rating: ½

Undead Strippers in a Graveyard

Director: A.C. Stephen
Actors: Criswell, Pat Barringer, Fawn Silver
Category: Horror

Party Bus to Hell (2017)

30 September 201924 December 2022

Rating: ★★

Party Bus Surrounded by Satanists

Director: Rolfe Kanefsky
Actors: Stefani Blake, Shelby McCullough, ViDonna Michaels, Sadie Katz, …
Category: Horror

Prisoners of the Sun (2013)

12 November 20149 June 2021

Rating: ★½

Egyptian Tomb-Raiding Adventure/Ancient Astronauts

Director: Roger Christian
Actors: John Rhys-Davies, Carmen Chaplin, David Charvet, Joss Ackland, …
Category: Science Fiction

Retro Puppetmaster (1999)

17 November 200010 August 2022

Rating: ★★

Toymaker Creates Living Dolls

Director: Joseph Tennent
Actors: Greg Sestero, Guy Rolfe, Stephan Blackehart, Serban Celea
Category: Horror

The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy (1958)

28 March 201619 October 2021

Rating: 0­

Classic Bad Movie/Revived Mummy vs a Robot

Director: Rafael Portillo
Actors: Ramon Gay, Rosita Arenas, Luis Aceves Castaneda, Crox Alvarado
Category: Horror

Santo and Blue Demon vs the Monsters (1970)

13 January 202218 April 2024

Rating: ★★★

Mexican Wrestler Superhero vs the Famous Monsters

Director: Gilberto Martinez Solares
Actors: Santo, Blue Demon
Category: Horror

Seven Mummies (2006)

19 January 200724 January 2023

Rating: ★★

Western Ghost Town

Director: Nick Quested
Actors: Billy Wirth, Cerina Vincent, Billy Drago, Matt Schulze, …
Category: Horror

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)

21 March 200116 March 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Horror Anthology

Director: John Harrison
Actors: Christian Slater, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, Deborah Harry, …
Category: Horror

Talos the Mummy (1998)

2 January 20014 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Revived Mummy

Director: Russell Mulcahy
Actors: Jason Scott Lee, Sean Pertwee, Lysette Anthony, Michael Lerner, …
Category: Horror

Time Walker (1982)

4 January 201718 June 2024

Rating: ★★

Mummy from Outer Space

Director: Tom Kennedy
Actors: Ben Murphy, Nina Axelrod, Kevin Brophy, James Karen, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Tomb (1985)

18 January 200311 July 2024

Rating: ★

Revived Mummy Queen

Director: Fred Olen Ray
Actors: Cameron Mitchell, Michelle Bauer, Sybil Danning, John Carradine, …
Category: Horror

Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)

11 September 200327 August 2021

Rating: 0­

Famous Monster Bash/Comedy

Director: Rudy De Luca
Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Ed Begley Jr, Joseph Bologna, Jeffrey Jones, …
Category: Horror

Voodoo Black Exorcist (1974)

13 June 20175 July 2024

Rating: ★

Resurrected Voodoo Priest

Director: Miguel Caño
Actors: Aldo Sambrell, Eva Leon, Alfred May
Category: Horror

The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy (1964)

3 February 20223 February 2022

Rating: 0­

Mexican Wrestlers vs Revived Mummy

Director: Rene Cardona
Actors: Lorena Velazquez, Elizabeth Campbell, Armando Silvestre, Victor Velazquez
Category: Horror

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie – Pyramid of Light (2004)

4 October 200424 December 2023

Rating: ★★

Anime/Playing Card Dueling

Director: Hatsuki Suji
Actors: Dan Green, Eric Stuart
Category: Fantasy

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