Everything Action Commentary: The Mummy (1932)

For the latest Everything Action Commentary, with Lee Cronin's The Mummy out in theaters this month, Zach and Chris went back to where it all began and watched the original 1932 classic, The Mummy.

Starring Boris Karloff, coming off his star-making turn in Frankenstein, as Imhotep, he's an Egyptian high priest who was cursed and buried alive when he tried to use the sacred Scroll of Thoth to bring his beloved Ankh-es-en-Amon back to life.  Unearthed by archaeologists in 1921, Imhotep rises from the dead and assumes the guise of Ardeth Bay to continue his plan to resurrect his love, whom he believes is now reincarnated as Helen Grosvenor (Zita Johann).

While watching the film, Zach and Chris discuss how Karloff is only in his iconic bandage look for the opening scene, the similarities and differences compared to the 1999 The Mummy, Frank Whemple (David Manners) being attracted to a dead mummy, Imhotep's magic water TV, why Imhotep doesn't just remotely kill everybody, and more.

You can rent or buy The Mummy on Prime Video, Apple TV, or Fandango at Home and sync up our commentary track to watch along with the Everything Action crew.

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