Ah, the last Mummy film, it gets a critical bashing, but I think it's quite good (for a cheapo mummy film), & the princess coming back to life is one of the strangest scenes in all the Universal horrors. I'll have to have a Mummy evening soon & look at the Legacy Collection.
I LOVE the scene where she comes back to life! Such a great moment. I rewatched the Legacy Collection a few weeks ago and really enjoyed all of them. The continuity in the Mummy films never fails to make me giggle, and the constant back of forth of things like Khareeees vs. Karas, Arkham or Karnak. etc. But I thoroughly enjoy them all. And I'm probably one of the only few that really prefers the '32 Mummy over both Dracula and Frankenstein. Just dripping with atmosphere. Strangely enough on this go-around I felt like Ghost seemed much more low budget than Curse.
Anyway, back to the Wolfman. I didn't mind the overt Victorian-ness instead the more modern setting of the original. I just remember feeling that tonally it captured something special that I hadn't felt from any other monster remake.
I'm really enjoying all of the comments here, (even the contrarian ones, Thor! ) and I'm kind of amazed that nobody has yet touched on the one point that I hadn't brought up: I think THIS WOLFMAN is the most frightening monster ever put on film! He's scarier than ALIEN! Lightning-fast, and just as deadly. This is the ultimate cinematic werewolf in my book!
I'm really enjoying all of the comments here, (even the contrarian ones, Thor! ) and I'm kind of amazed that nobody has yet touched on the one point that I hadn't brought up: I think THIS WOLFMAN is the most frightening monster ever put on film! He's scarier than ALIEN! Lightning-fast, and just as deadly. This is the ultimate cinematic werewolf in my book!
There's also always something terribly poignant about a protagonist that does wrong through no fault of his own and is unable to stop it. You just know that, almost without exception, it will come to a bad end for the character. It's a haunting literary cliche, but always compelling just the same. Irresistable, when it's done right.
) and I'm kind of amazed that nobody has yet touched on the one point that I hadn't brought up: I think THIS WOLFMAN is the most frightening monster ever put on film! He's scarier than ALIEN! Lightning-fast, and just as deadly. This is the ultimate cinematic werewolf in my book! 