Dawn of the Mummy (1981)
Directed by Frank Agrama / Armand Weston
Genres - Horror |
Sub-Genres - Creature Film |
Release Date - Dec 11, 1981 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 93 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Cavett Binion
This film's title clearly reflects the two films that most inspired it: The Mummy and Dawn of the Dead. The plot involves a group of jet-setting fashion models and photographers who choose the tomb of an evil and sadistic pharaoh named "Seferaman" as the setting for their Egyptian-themed magazine shoot. Since these characters are also phenomenally stupid, it's only a matter of time before someone's disturbing the hot-tempered pharaoh's beauty rest, prompting the mummy and his cannibal companions to rise from their dusty graves and tear the infidel defilers to shreds. Good camerawork, voracious gore effects, and the chaotic mummies-in-the-streets finale recall some of the better Italian zombie epics -- but this resemblance unfortunately extends to the typically threadbare plot, which requires each and every character to plow headfirst into situations that almost guarantee death or dismemberment.
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mummy, pharaoh, revenge, tomb, ancient, fashion-model, photography, zombie, dismemberment