The Mummy's Ghost

Lon Chaney doesn't say much to me as the mummy.The old high priest is still alive(yet again he thinks he's dying though)and he passes the job of feeding Kharis to one of his students again.This time their job has something added to it.Now they're going to get princess Annaka back to life.But along the way,they run into an unexpected suprise...........

MORD39 RATING: **1/2 (of ****) This third film in the "Kharis" series is one of the better efforts, thanks to a new storyline centering on the reincarnation of the mummy's lover into the body of a modern-day woman. John Carradine is on hand as the high priest who revives Kharis (Lon Chaney for a second time) and supplies him with tana fluid to keep him stalking. This chapter also features Chaney's best performance as Kharis, and you can definitely see his looks of sadness, frustration, and anger in key scenes. Ramsay Ames and Robert Lowery are weak as the leads, and they bring the evaluation of the movie down a notch. An easy 60 minutes of classic fun from Universal.

This horror yarn gives new meaning to term " 'til death do us part." This was a real quickie movie and it shows. However, it's one redeeming value is the mummy finally wins the girl, albeit, it may leave one with that sinking feeling.

This film series does not include Universal's and Karloff's The Mummy (1932). This particular film series starts with 'The Mummy's Hand (1940), 'The Mummy's Tomb (1942)' and then this third film 'The Mummy's Ghost (1944). What is nice about this series, it picks where the last film leaves off. They always give a little background on the previous which helps when the films are 2 years apart or if you simply find yourself watching one of the films one night on TV. The ghost in this film is not that of Kharis but the long dead Queen Ananka whom you will see slowly entering and taking over Amina Mansouri. It makes for an entertaining mummy film. 7.5/10

Not all love is lost. Reginald Le Borg direct this tale of the High Priest (George Zucco) summoning Yousef Bey (John Caradine) to New York's Scripps Museum to retrieve the ancient love interest, the Princess Ananka, from her resting place along with the insane mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.). Bey finds the soul of the princess has been reincarnated as a beautiful Egytian exchange student named Amina (Ramsay Ames). An Egytlogist professor (Frank Reicher) has been carrying out experiments and the jealous Kharis makes his appearance. As the charming student goes into strange trances, the professor is killed and the mummy makes haste with the rapidly decaying reincarnation. Other players: Robert Lowery, Barton MacLane, Lester Sharpe and Harry Shannon.

Third in the Universal Kharis series, continuing after THE MUMMY'S TOMB (1942). Despite the increasingly familiar nature of these Mummy sequels, this one still has enough to make it brisk and enjoyable. A significant boost is added in casting John Carradine as the newest high priest who keeps Kharis (Lon Chaney) well fed and back on the march - this time with a new angle in trying to reunite the mummy with his princess Ananka, who is now reincarnated into the form of a sexy modern woman (Ramsay Ames). For some lucky reason, Chaney thankfully invests some character into Kharis this time, allowing him to become visibly angered, frustrated, and even saddened during the course of the movie. The biggest drawback for this chapter is that Robert Lowery and Ramsay Ames are pretty lousy as the two leading lovers. Universal stock music is used to great effect in many sequences, and there is an offbeat ending that may be the best one of the series. *** out of ****

The Mummy's Ghost is the third of four movies in the original "The Mummy" franchise. It follows on from the previous film and yet another high priest has risen our mummy (Played again by Lon Chaney Jr). Once again he is after the reincarnation of his original love. Trouble is this is the third time we've seen the same plot. I'm not saying The Mummy's Ghost is any worse than the rest, it's just the same thing. What it does have however is a very shocking and surprising finale that I found very entertaining. Movies from this time tended to be very predictable so this came as a surprise. For fans this will entertain, but it could easily have been a stand alone movie. The Good: Fantastic finale Well enough made The Bad: Some very hammy acting Things I Learnt From This Movie: Fainting was a big thing for women in the 1940's Mummy tantrums are hilarious Ancient egyptian bandages were bullet proof