The Ring of Thoth details the plights of an ancient Egyptian scientist who, after discovering the elixir of immortality, finds that his love passed away. The Mummy takes slight inspiration from The Ring of Thoth, which was a short story written by Sir Arthur conan Doyle. At this point, the Mummy was less a lumbering monster with arms at Akimbo and more a creepy eyed old man who loves to stare.
While the 1932 film undoubtedly has references to the still wrapped corpse brought back to life, stalking around present day, the actual trope of a white bandaged Mummy would not be established until decades later with a series of 1940’s B movies and the 1959 Christopher Lee film of the same name. Last, and probably most importantly, it has little to do with what we think of as the Mummy monster. Secondly, it began a series of unrelated films that featured an ancient Egyptian corpse as the central villain. First of all, it continued Boris Karloff’s reign as the horror heavyweight in yet another memorable film. The only people he kills are those who get in his way.The Mummy is interesting for a variety of reasons.
The movie manages to be creepy while being very minimal and subtle, you don't even see The Mummy walk.
He does a very convincing job of making you believe that he's going insane.
Unlike most films, even from back then, this one had no direct sequel.While it's not graphic by today's standards, it was still interesting to see in a film from 1932. It broke new ground with the flashback scene for showcasing possibly the first impaling on screen.Hyde, this movie wasn't based on any direct literary source it was a fresh, original idea. Unlike it's contemporaries at the time, such as Dracula, Frankenstein, and Dr.This movie helped to popularize The Mummy as a popular Mummy character.This was his first major role where he got to show off his vocal talents. Specactular performance by Boris Karloff.Several years later, Imhotep has taken on the guise of a wealthy man, as he searches Egypt for his lost love, who he believes has been reincarnated as the lovely Helen Grosvenor (Zita Johann). When one of the archaeologists recites the scroll aloud, Imhotep returns to life, but escapes.
In 1931, team of British archaeologists led by Sir Joseph Whemple (Arthur Byron) discover the mummified remains of the ancient Egyptian prince Imhotep (Boris Karloff), along with the legendary scroll of Thoth.