It was unusual last night.
I saw a Hammer horror film I've never seen before. It was called the Mummy's Shroud.
A bandaged gothic classic Hammer, alas I fell asleep as I can]t seem to keep my eyes open past 11pm these days. It had it all: pharaoh kings, vast deserts [that looked like a quarry] and a loathsome tycoon funding the expedition.
I think I read that it was the fourth Hammer Mummy.
My favourite Mummy is Blood from the Mummy's Tomb, from which Valerie Leon's severed hand made the cover of my number one horror book as a kid. I still have that book, battered and loose like an ageing bandage.
[I always got Valerie Leon and Caroline Munro mixed up as a kid!]
There's another colour flick in a similar vein I'd like to see, The Curse of the Crimson Altar, as it featured in my film book too. I must remember to watch it! I think it had has Barbara Steel in it painted green.
Do you like Mummy movies readers?
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