Yes, Valerie Leon is buxom and prominently on display, and yes, this is a HAMMER horror production about a monster based on potentially scary Bram Stoker source material. But no, this is not remotely watchable, not even for the limey cheese factor. What's wrong? There's no plot for starters. No characters, either. The sets are drab and the acting is even blander, which is unusual for Hammer, whose productions may have lacked subtlety but rarely lacked honestly come by hamminess and melodrama.
So why is this so weak? The characters not only don't interact in any meaningful way, they actually don't even seem to be in the same movie together. People just show up, Leon is intermittently possessed by the mummy and kills them, then the cycle repeats. One good moment is the end ****SPOILER**** where the shattered mummy is bandaged head to foot in a hospital, just like a...MUMMY. Unfortunately, the payoff is lost because the movie doesn't really spend any time showing her as a mummy earlier. Who's at fault? I blame the director. And the screenwriter. And the actors. And the producers. And craft services. And everyone else involved in this mess. Amazingly awful. 1.5/10
So why is this so weak? The characters not only don't interact in any meaningful way, they actually don't even seem to be in the same movie together. People just show up, Leon is intermittently possessed by the mummy and kills them, then the cycle repeats. One good moment is the end ****SPOILER**** where the shattered mummy is bandaged head to foot in a hospital, just like a...MUMMY. Unfortunately, the payoff is lost because the movie doesn't really spend any time showing her as a mummy earlier. Who's at fault? I blame the director. And the screenwriter. And the actors. And the producers. And craft services. And everyone else involved in this mess. Amazingly awful. 1.5/10