This film switches genres from the emphasis on horror to adventure, concentrating more on action sequences and effects, and a higher element of Egyptian lore. In 1999, Stephen Sommers wrote and directed a remake of The Mummy, loosely based on the original film of 1932. Barker's take was 'dark, sexual and filled with mysticism', and that, 'it would have been a great low-budget movie'. Barker’s vision for the film was violent, with the story revolving around the head of a contemporary art museum who turns out to be a cultist trying to reanimate mummies. Originally a proposed remake of The Mummy would have been directed by horror filmmaker/writer Clive Barker. Features Valerie Leon as the Mummy Queen Tera and her reincarnation Margaret Fuchs. Based on Bram Stoker's 1903 novel The Jewel of Seven Stars. Features Dickie Owen as the Mummy Ra-Antef. The plot is based on Universal's The Mummy's Hand and The Mummy's Tomb. Set in 1895, the film stars Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee as Kharis.

In 1959 the British Hammer Film Productions began its own Mummy series. According to the Universal Horror tie-in novel Return of the Wolf Man, Klaris, the mummy in this film, was a cousin of Kharis, the mummy from the previous four films. Indirect sequel/spoof of the first five films. Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy, 1955.Tyler, however, still plays Kharis in flashbacks to Ancient Egypt. Some flashbacks, using scenes from the original film, feature Karloff. This film features Kharis (played by Tom Tyler), another Egyptian priest turned living dead mummy. Not a direct sequel to the 1932 film, only the resurrected mummy theme is the same.

The movie features the story of an ancient Egyptian priest mummy called Imhotep (Karloff), who is resurrected in the present day. The original series of six installments, starring iconic horror actors Boris Karloff (in the original only) and Lon Chaney Jr., were produced for Universal Studios from 1932 to 1955.

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