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Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy
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Wikipedia article
'Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy', or simply 'Bram Stoker's The Mummy', is a 1998 American fantasy horror film based on Bram Stoker's 1903 novel 'The Jewel of Seven Stars'. It features an ensemble cast including Louis Gossett Jr., Eric Lutes, Amy Locane, Lloyd Bochner, Victoria Tennant, Mary Jo Catlett, Aubrey Morris, and Richard Karn. Morris previously played Dr. Putnum in 'Blood from the Mummy's Tomb', the 1971 Hammer adaptation of the same novel.
Plot
Art historian Robert Wyatt is summoned to the house of his old flame, Margaret Trelawny. Her father, noted Egyptologist Abel Trelawny, was found in a coma in his study with claw marks on his wrist. Per his dictated wishes, Trelawny asks that he be kept in the room with his Egyptian artifacts with two witnesses at all times. Hoping to solve the mystery of Trelawny's case, Wyatt contacts Corbeck, an archaeologist who worked with Trelawny in the 1970s in uncovering the tomb of an Egyptian queen.
Cast
*Louis Gossett Jr. as Corbeck
*Amy Locane as Margaret Trelawny
*Eric Lutes as Robert Wyatt
*Mark Lindsay Chapman as Daw
*Lloyd Bochner as Abel Trelawny
*Mary Jo Catlett as Mrs. Grant
*Aubrey Morris as Doctor Winchester
*Laura Otis as Lily
*Julian Stone as Jimmy
*Richard Karn as Brice Renard
*Portia Doubleday as Young Margaret
*Rachel Naples as Queen Tera
*Donald Monet as Hutchins
*Kelly Perine as Keene
*Victoria Tennant as Mary
Release
The film was released straight to video in 1998 by A-Pix Entertainment on VHS and by Simitar Entertainment on DVD.
Reception
'TV Guide' gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, writing, "BRAM STOKER'S THE MUMMY unearths a story familiar from classic Universal and Hammer horror movies; unfortunately, this straight-to-video rendition of the tale has few chills, and pales in comparison to the originals." Alan Jones of the 'Radio Times' also awarded the film 2 out of 5 stars, stated that the film "features the least believable Mummy make-up in horror history".
References
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