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Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971)
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Statuesque Valerie Leon is possessed by the spirit of an ancient Egyptian queen in this cult Hammer horror based on Bram Stoker's The Jewel of Seven Stars. With hardly a bandage in sight, director Seth Holt tried to radically rethink the mummy genre, and largely succeeded in creating a fascinating fantasy with a uniquely menacing atmosphere dripping in delicious irony. Sadly, Holt died during shooting; Hammer boss Michael Carreras took over and the film is not as interesting as it should have been. The same story was the basis for The Awakening in 1980. AJ
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Running time
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89min
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Country of origin
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UK
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Genre
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Horror
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Christopher Wicking, from the novel The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker
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Theatrical distributor
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Hammer Film Prods Ltd
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UK cinema certificate
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X
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