Lesser Hammer Horror
This film isn't Hammer's best film but it's an ok film - mediocre to me. The film lacked some personality to me, someone or something more to "spice it up". I was thinking Peter Cushing - then I read on the film and found out that Cushing was filming this when his wife took ill and left to be with her - understandable. Andrew Keir took over Cushing's role as Julian Fuchs. Cushing's presence and charm would have really given this film what it needed.
Also director Seth Holt died of a heart attack about 5 weeks into filming this so Michael Carreras directed the final week's filming. ~ Wikipedia article on the film states. So Carreras directed the final week but it seem to have not helped or hurt the film.
The asylum scenes were pretty good - I really liked the filming down the hallway being warped looking while all the hollering and laughter was being heard - nice touch.
The story is just so-so - not one of the better Mummy stories from Hammer but not a down right bad one either.
5/10
Also director Seth Holt died of a heart attack about 5 weeks into filming this so Michael Carreras directed the final week's filming. ~ Wikipedia article on the film states. So Carreras directed the final week but it seem to have not helped or hurt the film.
The asylum scenes were pretty good - I really liked the filming down the hallway being warped looking while all the hollering and laughter was being heard - nice touch.
The story is just so-so - not one of the better Mummy stories from Hammer but not a down right bad one either.
5/10
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