Legend of the Mummy

Year: 1997

Director: Jeffrey Obrow

Written by: Jeffrey Obrow

Threat: Mummy

Weapon of Choice: Claws

IMDb page: IMDb link

      Bram Stoker's The Mummy

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Rish Outfield's reviews
A couple of days after seeing this flick, I got to meet Amy Locane. It actually sparked a pretty funny joke that's really too long and convoluted to go into here.
But let me keep this review short by saying--this was NOT a good movie. It wasn't scary, wasn't very interesting, made very little sense, and when it finally ended (with a predictable anti-climax that was one of the film's high points ), there was a relieved sigh by all. Louis Gossett Jr. had top-billing, and what was he even doing in this? And are mummies really that scary? Well, I suppose if they're computer-generated (The Mummy 1999) or make a creepy "gnnaahhh" sound ("Scooby Doo"), but not here.It was dull, talky, dull, long, dull, and inexplicably boring.It's not worth seeing, unless you can use it to get a laugh out of one of its stars.

The tyranist's thoughts
Based on Bram Stoker's The Jewel of Seven Stars (how faithful it is I cannot tell you since I've never read it), this mummy tale seems to be a release designed to capitalize on the popularity of Stoker and Universal's Mummy franchise. Of course, this is the video that says on the box, "Not affiliated with Universal Pictures," but we know the truth. You can probably skip this one in favor of both better Stoker movies and Mummy movies.
The writing on this one sticks out pretty bad. Not that the dialogue is terrible or anything, but the story is confusing and difficult to get into. Perhaps I should blame the director. Wait, its the same person. What do you know, but its the same person responsible for The Dorm that Dripped Blood, another terribly confusing and slow movie. The story isn't actually terrible and there are some cool little plot twists that make things interesting. The acting is on par. Watch it if you have nothing better to do.

Total Skulls: 22

Sequel
Sequel setup
Rips off earlier film
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie
Future celebrity appears
Former celebrity appears
Bad title
Bad premise
Bad acting
Bad dialogue
Bad execution skull
MTV Editing skull
OTS skull
Girl unnecessarily gets naked
Wanton sex skull
Death associated with sex
Unfulfilled promise of nudity skull
Characters forget about threat skullskull
Secluded location
Power is cut skull
Phone lines are cut
Someone investigates a strange noise skull
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door
Camera is the killer
Victims cower in front of a window/door
Victim locks self in with killer
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls
Toilet stall scene
Shower scene
Car stalls or won't start
Cat jumps out
Fake scare
Laughable scare
Stupid discovery of corpse
Dream sequence skullskull
No one believes only witness
Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth skull
Music detracts from scene
Death in first five minutes skull
What the hell? skullskull
x years ago . . . skull
Dark and stormy night skull
Killer doesn't stay dead
Killer wears a mask
Killer is in closet
Killer is in car with victim
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes
Unscary villain/monster
Beheading
Blood fountain skull
Blood hits camera
Poor death effect skull
Excessive gore
No one dies at all
Virgin survives
Geek/Nerd survives
Little kid lamely survives
Dog/Pet miraculously survives
Unresolved subplots skullskull
"It was all a dream" ending
Unbelievably happy ending
Unbelievably crappy ending skull