Though the current weather don’t exactly lend itself to being wrapped up- other than in a beach towel- tonight on MeTV ,we’ve got a chilling tale wrapped up in the legends of ancient Egypt ! It’s another horror epic from the Hammer Studios- in which a greedy showman’s disregard for the traditional warnings attached to the sacred interment of Egyptian nobility inflicts London with the “Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb”!
In the year 1900, Professor Dubois brings a team of Egyptologists into the desert to help evaluate a mummy and its artifacts recently uncovered. John Bray, Sir Giles Dalrymple, and Dubois’ lovely daughter ( and fiancée of Bray) Annette are bossed around by the overbearing showman who has backed the expedition, the boisterous Alexander King- whose plans for the find are contrary to the wishes of his party and the Egyptian government. Some Egyptians have already taken action against the professor, feeling he has desecrated something holy. King plans to put the artifacts and mummy on display in a big travelling show, rather than giving them a dignified exhibition in the homeland museum. King feels all the talk of a curse upon anyone who tampers with the treasures or dares to open the mummy’s sarcophagus is just nonsense- even after deaths occur before they board the ship bound for England.
On the overseas journey, they meet a wealthy patron of the arts, Adam Beauchamp, who has some fair knowledge of ancient Egypt. While on board, Sir Giles, whose failure to keep the treasures out of King’s hands, and is thus bound to be banned from any further expeditions in Egypt, drowns his sorrows in alcohol- even as thieves try to disrupt the journey!
Finally, back in London, King is setting up his exhibition with dollar signs dancing in his eyes. John and Annette accept the hospitality of Adam and stay in his mansion while preparations are made for the public unveiling of the mummy. Still ignoring the idea that anyone who witnesses the opening of the mummy’s sarcophagus will die, King does a rehearsal where he pries open the lid, revealing the wrapped remains of Ra-Antef, son of Rameses. Along the way, Adam regales and enchants Annette with the story of how Ra was forced into exile by his jealous brother- of a medallion he possessed that supposedly has the power to return the dead to life- and how the evil brother sent assassins to kill his sibling! It soon seems that Annette is falling under the spell of the charming Adam- of which John is certainly taking notice. Adam also takes notice of a medallion that Annette’s father had given her. It is decided that Giles and John should work on deciphering the ancient script on the medallion to determine its purpose.
Some mysterious attacks precede the big opening night of King’s exhibition- where his dramatic build up to the opening of the mummy’s casket is ruined when- the mummy is gone! This is only the beginning of his bad luck- as the curse is soon being gradually fulfilled by- the mummy!
This 1964 full color Hammer film is unusual in that their two most famous horror players- Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing- are not among the cast- and this mummy is not Im Ho Tep or Kharis, searching for his lost love. This film has no connection to any of the other Hammer mummy films. No tanna leaves are involved either! Regardless, it is a beautiful production in the Hammer tradition and- warning- also contains a few grisly moments. It takes a while for the Mummy to become active, but when he does, it’s well worth it! We’ll talk about the cast, introduce you to a new weight-loss method, ply you with some Egyptian-based jokes, and, of course, serenade you with a new song- and , no, it isn’t a “rap”- or a “wrap” –tune! Plus- quite coincidentally- an interview with the wonderful artist who drew the Svengoolie satire in the periodical whose days seem numbered- Mad magazine!
“Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb” will be revealed to you on MeTV tonight at 8 pm eastern/pacific, 7 central. If you need to find the information of time and channel in your area, please check local listings or at www.metv.com Once again,you can join thousands of Sven fans who live-Tweet during the Saturday night show on Twitter, using the hashtag #svengoolie ! Viewers in the Chicago broadcast area can again face the shock of “Mr. Sardonicus” at 11 am on WCIU, the U.
Thanks to everyone who ordered the special 40th anniversary version of the “It Came from Berwyn” t-shirt, selling it out in just over a week. There will be three more anniversary- themed shirts being released, one each month for the next three months- and there will be more anniversary goodies coming up! Check in here at the blog and under our store tab soon for the next special item!
Join us tonight for horror unleashed from an ancient Egyptian tomb – and we warn you- do NOT ignore the curse!
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While I liked the 1st song I posted, this one is closer to being "on topic"
I have a song for our dancing ducks in tomorrow`s movie.
Until morning, I'm dancing with the duck...
(No that's not this week's satire.)
Didn't Mr. Sarconicus' daddy look like a mummy?
🍹🍹 I needed!
Hope all is well hi Catbat 🙋♀️
Love to you from the kids 👦👧👩🏻⚕️
Stay cool 🌊⛵🌊
I sure do need a Sven
fix 😱
My grandkids leaving
for home tomorrow will miss my kids very
much 💞
But they had a great time on vacation 🎉
I think they are ready to go home.
They start school in mid Aug. I will miss there hugs and noise of children in the house
👦👧👩🏻⚕️ but with the news of my brother and the kids leaving already
it's going to be a few sad days for me 😔
But I will be okay but anyway back to the🙄 norm of things and I
will keep busy with things 👩🌾
My son might stay back
and live with us but not
for sure yet 😊
Looking forward to the show tomorrow 📺🍿
It will help get through
a few tough days for
me 🤖
Have a great day⛵
Bring on the giant chickens.
Have a Great Day & Take Care!
My brother is in bad shape...3 arteries
99percent closed,90 and the other 60 percent ☹
He is special needs the Dr. said he maybe would not live through a 3-by pass surgery he is not a big person very thin.
So he can be on medication and diet and be checked. His heart in back of it another arterie is pumping blood to his heart.
Have to wait and see what will happen through the experts.
We are shocked and
sad so not really good options but treated
with medication instead
of a big surgery his Dr.
does not think he would live through something
like that 😔
So we wait for another appt. to see.
We have been at the hospital since 2:30.
It's 8:00 have not had dinner yet my son is on his way to pick me up.
Thank you for the goid vibes 💝
See you later 👻
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If you look at the picture in the story, you will notice a familiar face in the exhibit- Sven, right next to one of his signed rubber chickens. Cool!
Since, they supply the rubber chickens for the show--as you mentioned--I guess it's kosher to mention that not only rubber chickens, but rubber chicken enamel pins, rubber chicken socks, rubber chicken car air fresheners, and other rubber chicken merch are available from Archie McPhee.
According to Wikipedia, the rubber space chicken is called "Guilala." I wonder if there's any connection to that new Alfa Romeo? Mebbe it's a form of speaking in tongues that sounds like Italian car names?
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1. Mr. Sardonicus with his foot long smile.
2. Village of the giants with 30 foot tall teenagers.
3. Attack of the 50-foot Woman (obvious).
Something to think about for next year.
Well, just a couple of days to go until it's Sven day again.
Sonic Drive In had a special on hot dogs yesterday in honor of it being Hot Dog Day, so I went and got my son and I a couple of chili dogs for a dollar each. You had to use their phone qpp to get the price, and then you can also get half price drinks, so It was a win-win.
Interesting that the subject of the Invisible Man came up, as I had, literally, just read that Universal will indeed be making a new version. It will be a stand alone movie, as they have(wisely, IMO)decided to give up on their idea of creating a new Dark Universe involving the iconic monsters. When I first read the premise of the new movie, I thought, "Oh, good, they just can't resist making it similar to other more current stuff." Then I thought, to be truthful, I don't really know anything about the older movies-as well as the original story-so I decided to do a little research. It seems that the newer version will actually have more in common with the original that I would have thought. They apparently cleaned up the original so it would pass muster with the earlier 20th century American-and possibly British-audience by making the Invisible Man more sympathetic than he was in the original story. Of course, as usual, the more sequels they made the more the stories became divorced from the original idea.
The new movie is supposed to come out about sometime in 2020.
Check y'all later.
