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The third in the Kharis series, Universal’s The Mummy’s Ghost was released on the 7th of July, 1944, and provided Junior Chaney’s second outing under […]
By 1940, over at Universal sequels were all the rage. The Mummy’s Hand went into production on the back of successful follow-ups to their […]
On the 18th of May 1967, The Mummy’s Shroud was released as a double-bill with Frankenstein Created Woman. Written and directed by John Gilling, […]
Of all Universal’s classic monsters, the Mummy was surely the one treated with the least respect, being mercilessly put out to graft in its […]
Paramount’s slick thriller Murder by the Clock was released on the 21st of July, 1931. Although the film is a tense murder mystery and […]
1935’s Mystery of the Mary Celeste (or, if you prefer the US title, Phantom Ship) was the second movie from Hammer Film Productions, and […]
Universal released Night in Paradise on the 3rd of May, 1946. Directed by Arthur Lubin, the film tells the tale of story-teller Aesop who, […]
