Being somewhat of a tragic love story, The Mummy’s Revenge is rather faithful to the original Universal
film and is also easy to compare to the 1959 Hammer reboot as well. What sets The Mummy’s Revenge apart is that it’s
a Paul Naschy film, meaning it’s
going to be a little more erotic, a little meaner, more fearsome, more violent,
and more personal. There is also a sadomasochistic element too, with a number
of maidens strung up for both amusement and sacrificial purposes.
The film is
directed by Carlos Aured and is
written by and stars Naschy. It is
one of four collaborations between Naschy
and Aured, with the other three being
the seminal Horror Rises from the Tomb (1972), part of the Waldemar Daninsky
Werewolf cycle Curse of the Devil (1972),
and the Spanish giallo Blue Eyes of the
Broken Doll (1973). The Mummy’s
Revenge is Naschy’s second, and
more focused, take on the mummy, as the creature did appear in Naschy’s horror/sci-fi monster mashup Assignment Terror (1970), along with
aliens, the werewolf, Frankenstein's monster, and Dracula.
