Donald F Glut Frankenstein in the Mummy´s Tomb #7

[andydecker]

Donald F Glut Frankenstein in the Mummy´s Tomb (Pabel, Germany 1976; Druktenis Publishing 2002)

Egypt. American professor Waldo J. Daugherty and his assistant Ward Greene are digging for the tomb of Im-Kha-Ra, the "god of the damned". There is also Daugherty´s beautiful daughter Lissa, who is very fond of young Ward. But the creepy Egyptian Armeth is giving our archeologists a lot of grief. Armeth is a self-styled servant of Im-Kha-Ra. He even lives in the ruins of a temple with nubian henchmen. Here stands the strange artifact from Africa Armeth purchased on a whim, a block of lava which looks like a man. This of course is the Monster of Frankenstein, trapped under the lava.

Before you can say 'The Mummy', the old Professor finds the mummy of Im-Kha-Ra and resurrects it with the handy scroll of life and death, while the Monster ecapes its lava prison and stumbles into the hot sandy night. Im-Kha-Ra tells the professor his tragic tale of being a sorcerer, lusting after Pharaos beautiful daughter Ank-Mona and getting buried alive for this. But surprise, she got reborn in the professors daughter. So there will be a marriage. Fortunatly the old professor befriends the Monster whichs destroys the resurrected mummys and brings down the temple on their heads, while Ward Greene can rescue his love.

Burt Winslow gets a break while the Monster plays with some mummys. Ward Greene is a poor substitute for our superhero, and even Glut with his stunt plotting can´t make the boring tale work. There are a few fun scenes when the Monster befriends and old Egyptian who shared his food with him and gets promptly killed by a crocodile. So the Monster can wrestle with the crocodile. But the story comes to a screeching halt with a long flashback for Im-Kha-Ra to tell his story which is neither interesting nor suspenseful while the ending is rushed. One of the weakest of the series.

[Craig Herbertson]

Isn't this just 'The Mummy' with Frankenstein in it?

[andydecker]

Jun 28, 2012 20:58:29 GMT Craig Herbertson said:

Isn't this just 'The Mummy' with Frankenstein in it?

Yes. And a nice demonstration how one-note the Mummy theme basically is.