Film: No way is he a Mummy's boy; He first terrorised audiences in the '30s and, as MARK ADAMS reports, is back with a vengeance.(Features)

From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: June 25, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, the Werewolf and the Mummy. These are the established movie horror standards which have terrified adults and children alike for years.

Updated versions of the first three have been fairly numerous over the decades, but it has been an age since the bandaged Mummy has stomped around on the silver screen.

Well, the big guy is back. And with a vengeance. Director Stephen Sommers' movie has been a massive hit in the US, cleverly ...

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