Logically, you'd think that a horror movie would have lots of tension and excitement. Well, think of "Pharaoh's Curse" as a film that defies logic! It's excruciatingly dull from start to finish and I can't see any reason to recommend it. It's not even fun like a bad movie--it's just dreadfully uninteresting.
The film begins at a British outpost in Egypt. An officer is ordered to track down an unauthorized archaeological expedition and force them to return to Cairo. On the way, this tiny group of British soldiers meets up with a loopy Egyptian lady who promises bad things will occur if they don't stop the expedition...and soon. Unfortunately, they arrive too late. The archaeologists not only discovered the Pharaoh's tomb but they've opened it and unleashed bad stuff. Specifically, a member of the group is turned into a dessicated mummy-like guy who kills and apparently cannot be killed.
All this sounds pretty exciting...but it isn't. Nothing happens until very late in the film and as a result, I was half asleep when the action (such as it is) began. It also didn't help that the acting and script were also poor. Not terrible...just nothing to make it of any interest to anyone but someone trying to get rid of their insomnia! Dull, dull, dull in every way. And the ending....very, very unsatisfying.
By the way, I liked watching the guy sucking out the scorpion venom from its victim. What a dodo and about as effective as pouring sauerkraut on her head to treat the wound!
The film begins at a British outpost in Egypt. An officer is ordered to track down an unauthorized archaeological expedition and force them to return to Cairo. On the way, this tiny group of British soldiers meets up with a loopy Egyptian lady who promises bad things will occur if they don't stop the expedition...and soon. Unfortunately, they arrive too late. The archaeologists not only discovered the Pharaoh's tomb but they've opened it and unleashed bad stuff. Specifically, a member of the group is turned into a dessicated mummy-like guy who kills and apparently cannot be killed.
All this sounds pretty exciting...but it isn't. Nothing happens until very late in the film and as a result, I was half asleep when the action (such as it is) began. It also didn't help that the acting and script were also poor. Not terrible...just nothing to make it of any interest to anyone but someone trying to get rid of their insomnia! Dull, dull, dull in every way. And the ending....very, very unsatisfying.
By the way, I liked watching the guy sucking out the scorpion venom from its victim. What a dodo and about as effective as pouring sauerkraut on her head to treat the wound!