The grim reaper cast a long shadow over this Hammer production with Peter Cushing withdrawing after just one day's shooting due to the death of his wife (to be replaced by Andrew Keir); while director Seth Holt then came to a premature and ignominious end at the age of just 48 as the result of an attack of hiccups on the set of the last and easily the least of the three films he made for Hammer (the scenes in the asylum were shot after Holt's death by an uncredited Michael Carreras).
Despite the lurid title 'Blood from the Mummy's Tomb' was a good cut above the generally coarser films Hammer were then making, with Tristan Cary's music providing a veneer of quality aided by the photography and production design of Arthur Grant and Scott McGregor (both of whom also soon died) and contains the one leading role played by the magnificent Valerie Leon.
Despite the lurid title 'Blood from the Mummy's Tomb' was a good cut above the generally coarser films Hammer were then making, with Tristan Cary's music providing a veneer of quality aided by the photography and production design of Arthur Grant and Scott McGregor (both of whom also soon died) and contains the one leading role played by the magnificent Valerie Leon.