The Mummy's Hand

1940 "The tomb of a thousand terrors!"
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Released: 20 September 1940 Released
Producted By: Universal Pictures
Country: United States of America
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A couple of young, out-of-work archaeologists in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess Ananka. After receiving funding from an eccentric magician and his beautiful daughter, they set out into the desert only to be terrorized by a sinister high priest and the living mummy Kharis who are the guardians of Ananka’s tomb.

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Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.
Forumrxes Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.
Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
Portia Hilton Blistering performances.
Hitchcoc Yes, it has all the usual stuff, a poor guy buried alive who vows to come back, a beautiful woman whom he will meet in another time, nine tanna leaves, a spooky guy who knows all this, an Egyptian agent who is there to make sure the old wrapper gets his due, and so on. Dick Foran is the male lead and he is really too lightweight for the part. As a matter of fact, the whole film is too lightweight to be much of a horror movie. George Zucco, whom I had never heard of a few years ago but have since grown to love, is the best part of the film. The mummy is some cowboy star and, once again, seems to be able to catch people, even though he can barely move. It's worth a look for the sets and there is a bit of humor and, of course, a silly love story.
Rainey Dawn The Mummy's Hand is not the sequel to Boris Karloff's The Mummy (1932) but rather a different film and the first of a series of Mummy films surrounding Kharis. The opening of the film however is a kind of throwback or reminder of Karloff's Mummy film but this film and the Kharis series has no direct relation to the original Universal film.The Mummy's Hand is not a comedy-horror but there is plenty of comedy in the film to have you giggling quite a bit.The story is fine, acting good, sets are great. Overall it's a fun and entertaining horror-adventure film. Although it's not overly scary the film is definitely a horror film.8/10
Person Jones "The Mummy's Hand" has all that you can expect from a good old fashioned mummy movie. An adventurous group of archaeologists (led by Dick Foran and Wallace Ford), while searching for the hidden tomb of the Princess Ananka accidentally stumble into the tomb of the mummy Kharis, who was buried alive 3,000 years prior as punishment for trying to revive the deceased princess. The entire cast is great, and at times funny, for this movie has a lot of comic relief. Peggy Moran plays her part well as the witty Marta Solvani. Tom Tyler is also good as Kharis. Props and set design are very detailed, even though some of the sets were recycled from previous Universal pictures. Stock footage from 1932's "The Mummy" is used during the flashback sequence, along with some originally recorded footage. Overall, The Mummy's Hand is a nice suspense picture and while it may not have you screaming, it still keeps you entertained.
Ben Larson We again return to Anaka and Kharis, and even have Zita Johann and Boris Karloff shown archive footage from their 1932 roles.But, they don't recreate the same story here. First, they bring in Dick Foran and Wallace Ford to ham it up. We'll likely find more comedy than horror.Secondly, without the CGI and stupendous special effects of the 1999 story, it was still enjoyable. Sometimes those things just get in the way.Lastly, there was a very good story here, and the acting was not bad. After all, you had a twice nominated Oscar actor here in the person of Cecil Kellaway.Worth the time.