An archaeological dig, lead by Sir Joseph Whemple (Arthur Byron), unearths the mummy of Imhotep (Boris Karloff). A scroll buried with the mummy brings him back to life. Years later, Imhotep, now masquerading as modern Egyptian Ardath Bey, attempts to bring back his ancient love who has been reincarnated as Helen Grosvenor (Zita Johann), while Sir Joseph’s
The 4th film in the Kharis series. Workers in a Louisiana swamp uncover the body of the mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.). Again, a priest animates him with tana leaves, and they search for the now arisen Princess Ananka. Somehow, the New England swamp (there are swamps in New England?) from The Mummy’s Ghost has
The 3rd film in the Kharis series. In Mapleton, Massachusetts, the mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) is animated once again by tana leaves. Joined by an Egyptian priest (John Carradine), he searches for the body of Princess Ananka to take it back to Egypt. But her spirit has been reincarnated into the body of a
Out-of-work archaeologists Steve Banning (Dick Foran) and Babe Jenson (Wallace Ford) discover the location of the tomb of princess Ananka. With funds from stage magician Solvani (Cecil Kellaway) and his daughter, Marta (Peggy Moran), they set out into the desert. But the tomb is guarded by an ancient cult, and the priest has the power
Thirty years after Steve Banning (Dick Foran) and Babe Jenson/Hanson (Wallace Ford) found the tomb of Ananka, the cult sends a new priest to the United States, with the mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.), to kill Hanson, Banning, and his family. The time line of the four film Kharis series (The Mummy’s Hand, The Mummy’s Tomb,
A severe storm drives first Philip and Margaret Waverton and their friend Roger Penderel (Raymond Massey, Gloria Stuart, and Melvyn Douglas), and then wealthy Sir William Porterhouse and dancehall girl Gladys Perkins (Charles Laughton and Lilian Bond), to ask for shelter in an old dark house. They are ungraciously greeted by prim Horace Femm (Ernest
Insurance salesman, Albert Tuttle (Jack Haley), shows up at an old mansion only to find his client-to-be is already dead. The eccentric man’s beneficiaries have gathered in the house for a reading of the will, and mistake Tuttle for a detective who has been hired to watch the body. It seems that the will has
Young, good-looking Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield) wishes that a painting age while he remains unchanged. As Dorian becomes corrupt, the painting takes on not only the look of his progressing age, but of his ever-increasing sin. The short novel, written by Oscar Wilde, is a story of sin and the dual nature of man and
Down-on-his-luck artist, Eben Adams (Joseph Cotten), finds inspiration in a peculiar young girl named Jennie (Jennifer Jones) that he meets in the park. She speaks of things that have been gone for years. Each time Adams runs into her, she has aged many years, and Adams begins to suspect he is falling in love with
News reporter Walter Garrett (Wayne Morris) discovers the dead body of Angela Merrova (Lya Lys), but when she turns up alive, though strangely pale, he is fired. He goes to his friend, Dr. Mike Rhodes (Dennis Morgan), for help, which prompts Rhodes to investigate strange murders where the victims all had “type 1” blood. This
In 1918, Lady Jane Ainsley (Frieda Inescort) assists in the staking of the vampire, Armand Tesla (Bela Lugosi), which frees his werewolf slave, Andreas (Matt Willis). Twenty-three years later, a German bomb opens Tesla’s grave and the stake is removed, returning him to un-life. He quickly puts Andreas under his thrall, and sets out to
Another expedition up the Amazon finds a gill man, subdues it, and takes it to an aquarium. There it is gawked at by the public and experimented on until it escapes, taking a beautiful graduate student (Lori Nelson) with him. Quick Review: While it is questionable to place Creature from the Black Lagoon as a