Great news, Horror Fam—we can finally stop reading passages from The Book of the Dead, because studio execs are listening and resurrecting more mummy movies! With Blumhouse’s eerie new trailer for Lee Cronin’s upcoming The Mummy and Universal confirming Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz reprising their Rick & Evelyn characters, my horror heart is skipping a beat.
Don’t get me wrong, I love a quintessential monster flick like John Landis’s An American Werewolf in London as much as the next gal, but there’s just something about strapping on some knee-high leather boots and excavating a gooey mummy all the while trying to avoid being eternally cursed.
So get ready for a whirlwind journey 3,000 years in the making as I share my Top 10 Favorite Mummy movies! Plus, read on for an exclusive interview with Bruce Campbell.
Reader Beware! Spoilers and scarabs ahead!
10. The Awakening (1980) Courtesy of…