Jan 19
Dawn of the Mummy (1981)
"Hear me, oh Egypt! Should the riches of Seferaman be stolen, all Egypt will tremble, and Seferaman will rise and kill! His armies will rise and kill! It is done. All who know of the burial place of Seferaman must die. You will rise when he rises. You will kill when he kills!"
#dawn of the mummy#horror imagery#video nasty#mummy moveys#1981#frank agrama#daria price#ronald dobrin#brenda siemer scheider#barry sattels#george peck#john salvo#ibrahim khan#joan levy#ellen faison#diane beatty#ali jawhar#ahmed rateb#layla nasr#shuki levy#ok so there doesn't seem to be a definitive spelling of the name of the main mummy (nothing in the credits) so i have gone with the version#in the subs where i watched (but other sites use Sefirama or variations) (i worry about this inconsequential shit)#(i even checked the site of the recent blu ray release but they spell it two different ways in their writeup of the film!)#anyway. nvm. where was i? oh yeah this shit. so absolutely not a Good Film by any meaningful metric‚ this is a shoddy US and Egyptian#coproduction shot by a largely Italian crew with a cast of variable talent (mainly erring towards 'none'). it's bad but it's a good time;#the very things that should work against it (including plotting ineptitudes‚ woeful fx and hackneyed dialogue) end up making it strangely#charming. mostly tho this is worth it for the singular presence of George Peck‚ a man who never saw some scenery he couldn't devour like a#half starved hog. he's incredible‚ bellowing his every line and routinely pausing just to erupt with maniacal laughter (whether or not the#scene calls for it). terrible performance for the ages‚ ten out of ten‚ no notes (so many notes)
