Yeah, I do take issue with the sentence: "But while the vastly superior Raiders radiates with the joy of its making, The Mummy features arguably even more joyful storytelling." Raiders is joy all over.

Exactly. It's all in how it's handled.

Yes, being a monster movie fan, at the time I really resented that the Steven Sommers The Mummy wasn't a proper horror movie, but a second or third rate Indiana Jones movie, and I hated the CG. However, reading all these comments makes me want to give it a second chance, accepting it for what it is. Maybe this…

I guess I'm a fan of unnecessary hideous deaths in movies.

I revisited his film last year and I think it would work best as a 2-part miniseries. It's has great stuff in it, but you could really use a break; it's exhausting. Naomi Watts just glows in it.

I could not believe there was one as recent as 2015! Maybe I don't notice them because the cover art always looks the same?

Director Karl Freund does a great job of establishing the atmosphere. It does hurt that it's an early talkie with no music except the opening titles (I think? Going from memory). And it's basically a remake of Dracula, with Edward Van Sloan playing pretty much the same role. I like it, I'm just saying I need to have…

I suppose Highlander could also qualify.

I thought The Wolfman had its heart in the right place, trying to do an actual Gothic horror film. But that's about it…

Kate Mulgrew looks at the phone…

The Cushing/Lee one is probably my favorite, actually. The Karloff one is a little sleepy and slow, but it LOOKS fantastic.

That would be amazing - to build a whole "shared universe franchise" in which each film deliberately ignores the last because it was a flop. It would be the anti-franchise.

From the climax:
"STEEEEEEEEEEEVE!"
"ROBERRRRTTTT!"

Something tells me that when Halloween rolls around, I'm not going to be reaching for Tom Cruise's The Mummy (which he somehow is calling a "horror film").

Yeah, I've been thinking about this, and maybe all I really want is a nice video game where you can explore the world of the 30's movies and encounter all the monsters. They work best as old Gothics.

Me in the theater during the long "Mummy" preview while waiting for "Guardians of the Galaxy 2" to start, and the first notes of Paint it Black keep playing over and over during the trailer: "THERE'S MORE TO THAT SONG YOU KNOW!"

Here's the video clip: http://www.dailymotion.com/…

I wish the original 1998(?) article from The Stranger about its production and final performance were online. It was comedy gold. There is a video clip online and it's as awful as it sounds.

Oh, shit, you're right…I need to look up more when I'm walking.

I keep overhearing conversations of people who are excited about the Mummy movie. I don't understand civilization anymore.