mark.waltz Thirty years have gone by since the supposed destruction of the mummy in "The Mummy's Hand", and after a lengthy flashback to at least a reel of the first film, we get the news that George Zucco's Andoheb has survived his being shot and falling down a huge flight of cement pyramid steps and has been keeping the slightly burnt mummy in hiding for further revenge. Peggy Moran's character, seen in the flashbacks, has passed away (from natural causes we are supposed to believe), and her widower (Dick Foran) has told the story of what happened all those years ago to his sister (Mary Gordon), son (John Hubbard) and fiancee (Elyse Knox). But at that very moment, Zucco passes the mummy torch onto the sexy Turhan Bey who brings along the mummy to nearby where Foran, Gordon and Hubbard now live. Taking a job as a caretaker of a nearby mansion, Bey sets out to complete his task of killing off the remaining desecraters of Kharis's tomb, and that includes Foran's old friend (Wallace Ford), still wise-cracking, who happens to pay a visit to his old pal. Bey makes the mistake of forgetting Zucco's warning of not being distracted by anything by becoming obsessed with making Knox his wife and forcing her, along with himself, to take a potion made of the tana leaves so they can live together forever and be immortal.O.K., so thirty years has gone by, but nothing in society has apparently changed, so if this is supposed to be in the future, you wouldn't know it. Had this simply been a completely different film with different characters, it could have been so much better, because the story is fine. But in continuing the story from the previous film is where the writers make their mistake because that increases the number of plot holes. Foran and Gordon, supposed to be brother and sister, seem nothing alike, and Lon Chaney Jr., taking over for Tom Tyler in the mummy bandages, does nothing but skulk around and attack his victims, no recognition even with his eyes that it is Chaney. The fact that major characters from the first film become victims of the mummy here was an interesting choice, but the conclusion, where villagers storm the mansion where Bey is residing, seems straight out of a "Frankenstein" movie. It's silly fun, once again instantly forgettable, and proof that too much of a good thing can make that good thing not so good afterall.

jacobjohntaylor1 This is a sequel to The Mummy's hand. It is scarier then The Mummy's hand and that is not easy to do. The Mummy's ghost is scarier. The Mummy cures is also scarier. This is a horror classic. 5.8 is a good ratting. But this such a great movie 5.8 is underrating it. This is a 9. It has great acting. It also has a great story line. It also has great special effects. If this movie does not scary you no movie will. This is scarier then The Shining and that is not easy to do. This is scarier then A Nightmare on elm street and that is not easy to do. This is scarier then Friday the 13th and that is not easy to do. Harold Young is a great film maker. This is one of the his best movies. See it.

Rainey Dawn 'The Mummy's Tomb'(1942) is a good sequel to 'The Mummy's Hand' (1940). The first few minutes of 'The Mummy's Tomb' is spent going over what happened in 'The Mummy's Hand' that your memory is re-freshened if you have not seen the previous film in awhile or will help you to follow the film if you have not seen the previous one. It's a good way to start a film - in particular the fact the movies where two years apart.This film features Lon Chaney, Jr in the role of The Mummy Kharis whereas the film before it Tom Tyler played the part. Both are good as The Mummy - it's a quiet role, no lines but all physical acting - one is just as good as the other.With the Kharis series, it's a matter of story in these films and not so much The Mummy himself (Minus the Boris Karloff Mummy 1932 which is a stand alone film).Overall The Mummy's Tomb is a fun and entertaining film.7.5/10

kevin olzak 1942's "The Mummy's Tomb," starring 'Master Character Creator' Lon Chaney, was the first sequel to 1940's "The Mummy's Hand," easily earning top honors as the worst of the four picture series. The first reel consists of stock footage recycled from its predecessor (here set 30 years later), followed by George Zucco's Andoheb handing down his rather undemanding job as High Priest of Karnak to a much younger recruit, Mehemet Bey, played by Turhan Bey, in what he later stated was his favorite role. Taking up residence at a cemetery in Mapleton, Massachusetts, determined to kill off the remaining survivors of the previous film's expedition, Mehemet Bey and his pet monster seem to be doing pretty well, as all their victims are old and feeble (even beloved Mary Gordon!), and all any witnesses claim to see is a shadow that disappears once they look up (watch for burly Glenn Strange tending his frightened horse, and pretty Janet Shaw in Lover's Lane). The torch wielding villagers are augmented by more stock footage, from both "Frankenstein" and "Bride of Frankenstein," but worst of all are the two survivors, pretty and wholesome Elyse Knox (mother of lookalike son, actor Mark Harmon), whose character is a total blank, and John Hubbard, so obnoxious and unsympathetic that he allows his ancestral home to go up in flames, with Elyse still in the Mummy's clutches! (she reunited with Chaney in her very last film, 1949's "There's a Girl in My Heart"). Most hilarious are the numerous front page headlines in boldface, incredulously spreading out from Mapleton to New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles! (none of the film's newshounds can rouse themselves away from the local saloon). Among the wide-eyed investigators are Cliff Clark ("The Grapes of Wrath") and Frank Reicher, whose character returns in the next sequel, "The Mummy's Ghost" (I DREAM OF JEANNIE's General Schaeffer, Vinton Hayworth, has a bit as a reporter). Rarely cast as a villain, Turhan Bey is really too slick to be effective, but certainly ranks higher than the bland Peter Coe in "The Mummy's Curse." In the first of his three assignments in the part of Kharis the Mummy, Lon Chaney is only allowed one blinking eye and five fingers on one hand, due to the fire damage endured by Tom Tyler's Kharis in the previous entry. Denied even what little Tyler had (those chilling blacked out eyes), Chaney evokes only chuckles with his response to Bey's sudden change in plans, to go out and abduct the comely female, momentarily grasping for the High Priest before shuffling off in apparent obeyance. At least the fiery climax delivers, in spite of John Hubbard's moronic attempts at inept heroism, Chaney's Mummy earning a measure of sympathy flailing against the inescapable flames. Included in Universal's popular SHOCK! package of classic horror films issued to television in the late 50s, "The Mummy's Tomb" made only four appearances on Pittsburgh's Chiller Theater- Mar 8 1969 (following 1953's "Phantom from Space"), Jan 11 1975 (preceding 1956's "She Devil"), Dec 27 1975 (following 1965's "A Study in Terror"), and Oct 22 1977 (following 1972's "The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe").