Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy

Russell Mulcahy wrote and directed this effects-laden chiller about a long-dead Egyptian royal who escapes from his tomb on display in a London museum and goes on a killing rampage. Hammer House of Horror vet Christopher Lee has an effective cameo as an archaeologist who warns his team about disturbing the Mummy’s cursed burial place. Jason Scott Lee, Louise Lombard, Sean Pertwee, Lysette Anthony, Michael Lerner, Honor Blackman, Shelley Duvall., Chiller in the tradition of the cult Hammer Horror movies in which the curse of Talos the Mummy is unleashed, bringing death and destruction to the world as Talos seeks immortality. Horror film stalwart Christopher Lee plays the ill-fated archaeologist who first breaks the seal of the mummy’s tomb.