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He's willing to do anything, kill anyone, and break any taboo to be reunited with his lost love. Though both are pathetic in their own way and lonely, Imhotep is more intelligent and a great deal more malicious by far. Imhotep (aka Ardeth Bay) couldn't be more different than that sweet-natured brute. I really look at this film as Karloff's first piece of proof that there was more to his talent than Frankenstein's monster. Thankfully, my impulse proved to be on the money. It HAD to be better than that low-grade (though high budget)"Raiders of the Lost Ark" ripoff I spent two hours suffering through. The second I happened to see the original (complete with poster art) on the shelves of my local Wal-Mart, there were no second thoughts. ![]() Given enough time and interest, I'm sure that I would have gotten around to the original Universal version of "The Mummy", but the hideous (in every respect) 1999 remake is the straw that broke the camel's back.
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