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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Frank Agrama |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 11 December, 1981 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Madacy Entertainment |
| MPAA RATING: | Unrated |
| FEATURES: | Color |
| TYPE: | Horror |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 056775130893 |
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Customer Reviews of Dawn of the Mummy
Gutmunching Zombie Horror Comes To DVD I saw this on TV back in the 1980s and while it takes too long to get going, once it does (about 38 minutes in when the mummy finally rises from his tomb), you are in for some fun gore and zombie action. The mummy leads a horde of flesh-eating zombies on a rampage through the streets of an Egyptian town. We get a meatcleaver to the head, gut-muching, biting chunks of flesh, and a fiery climax. The soundtrack is especially good.
The new Madacy DVD release is a nice, clean but slightly dark print. The only bonus feature worth mentioning is a surprisingly fun and informative audio commentary with director Frank (Farouk) Agrama, who obviously had a lot of fun making the film (this was his final directorial effort, and he wistfully talks about making a sequel now). Listening to the commentary really increased my appreciation both for the film and for the director. For under $10, you won't do much better for 80s flesh-eating zombie horror on DVD. I would have liked to see a trailer for Dawn Of The Mummy, but as it was never released theatrically in America, I suppose hunting down the foreign trailers was too much to ask. A poster or image gallery would have been nice (even if just a few images), or the inclusion of the excellent Shuki Levy soundtrack (which was originally released on LP). Maybe we'll get lucky and have a Dawn Of The Mummy: Special Edition someday!
By the way, Dawn Of The Mummy was not the first mummy gore movie. That dubious honor goes to Paul Naschy's 1973 film La Venganza de la Momia ("The Vengeance of the Mummy"). The only other mummy gore movie I've seen is WAVE's shot on video Mummy's Dungeon from the early 90s.
It will rise...It will bore!
Too much crummy acting in this one, and not enough quality make-up effects makes this hard to recommend. Most of the gore is a person lying stock-still with blood and meat poured on them while (Egyptian!?) zombies sit around chewing. This way-low-budget flick doesn't really have set-piece effects where you see the ripping and tearing (think Savini's work in Day of The Dead), so it flops as a gore shocker. Even the machette in the head scene is very poorly done, with a quick edit to a laughable 'dummy' head for the hit. Still, for the price, it's a cheap ride, so you can add it to the collection without much buyer's remorse.
It's worth the price
I seen this movie along time ago on channel 48 which is a local channel. To my suprise it was uncut at least all the gore was intact. Anway I've been meaning to buy this film for years. I was hoping it would repeat again on that station but since it was uncut with the gore I have a feeling someone complained about it because it has never aired again. Anyway I was planning to order this from a private collector when low and behold I was in the bargain section at Best Buy and while scanning the titles there it was. At first I thought it was some cheap knock off made for video crapola which there is a non stop flood of these days. Check out the sci-fi channel and you can see for yourself. Well it was'nt a knock off title it was the film that I was hoping it would be and it's a must buy for anyone who's into these kinds of films. Meaning if you enjoy horror films such as Zombie,Burial Ground,Dr.Butcher M.D,The Beyond and Cannibal films such as Cannibal Ferox,Mountain of the Cannibal God,and Cannibal Holocaust then this film is right up your alley. Sure it's not as good as some of the one's mentioned above but it sure deserves a spot on your shelf next to them. There's some real bad dubbing and some great juicy gore effects and for under ten bucks how can you go wrong. So forget these so called horror films that are being made by either hollywood or the straight to video blunders which never deliver the goods which in my opinion is the gore,nudity,and lots of good old fashion heart warming violence. These above films have it and then some so what are you waiting for?. Order it and all these others from Amazon you won't be disappointed.