Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy

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 Academy Award Winner 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.

Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy
DVD cover
Directed byJeffrey Obrow
Produced byBill Barnett
Robert E. Baruc
Ted Driscoll
Gina Fortunato
Hanel Goldstein
Jeffrey Obrow
Written byLars Hauglie
Jeffrey Obrow (adaptation)
John Penney (adaptation)
Based onThe Jewel of Seven Stars
by Bram Stoker
StarringLouis Gossett, Jr.
Amy Locane
Eric Lutes
Mark Lindsay Chapman
Music byRick Cox
CinematographyAntonio Soriano
Edited byGary Meyers
Production
company
Goldbar Entertainment
Distributed byNew City Releasing
Release date
  • March 30, 1998 (1998-03-30)
(Germany)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,000,000 (estimate)

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

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 2/5 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."[1] Alan Jones from Radio Times also awarded the film 2/5 stars, stated that the film "features the least believable Mummy make-up in horror history".[2]

References
  1. "Bram Stoker's The Mummy - Movie Reviews and Movie Ratings". TV Guide.com. TV Guide. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  2. Jones, Alan. "Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy – review". Radio Times.com. Alan Jones. Retrieved 23 August 2018.


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