- Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Infobox Film
name = Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
image_size =
caption =DVD cover
director =Seth Holt
producer =Howard Brandy
writer =Christopher Wicking
starring =Valerie Leon Andrew Keir
Mark EdwardsJames Villiers Hugh Burden Aubrey Morris
music =Tristram Cary
cinematography =Arthur Grant
editing =Peter Weatherly
distributor =Anglo-EMI Film Distributors Ltd. MGM-EMI
released =14 October 1971
runtime = 94 min
country = UK
language = English
budget = £200,000
amg_id = 1:85451
imdb_id = 0068290"Blood from the Mummy's Tomb" is a 1971 British film starring
Andrew Keir ,Valerie Leon , andJames Villiers . This was directorSeth Holt 's final film, and was adapted fromBram Stoker 's novel "The Jewel of Seven Stars ". The film was released as the support feature to "Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde ".The movie involves an expedition led by Professor Fuchs (Keir) to find the cursed tomb of an evil Egyptian princess. Upon returning to London, Fuchs and his daughter (
Valerie Leon ) become involved with death and reincarnation.Production
The film is notable for its troubled production.
Peter Cushing was cast in the film and completed one day's filming before leaving the production after his wife was diagnosed withemphysema . Cushing was replaced byAndrew Keir . The R1DVD of the film released in America byAnchor Bay Entertainment contains still photographs of Cushing's day on the production. DirectorSeth Holt died of a heart attack five weeks into the six week shoot.Michael Carreras directed the final week's filming.According to the book "Hammer, House of Horror: Behind the Screams" by Howard Maxford, the budget for the film was £200,000. [Maxford, Howard, Hammer, House of Horror:Behind the Screams, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1996, ISBN 0-7134-7768-7]
The film was shot at
Elstree Studios inHertfordshire .Cast
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Andrew Keir as Julian Fuchs
*Valerie Leon as Margaret Fuchs/Queen Tera
*James Villiers as Corbeck
*Hugh Burden as Geoffrey Dandridge
*George Coulouris as Berigan
*Rosalie Crutchley as Helen Dickerson
*Mark Edwards as Tod Browning
*Aubrey Morris as Doctor PutnamReferences
External links
*tcmdb title|id=69122|title=Blood From the Mummy's Tomb
* [http://www.britmovie.co.uk/studios/hammer/filmography/1971/002.html Britmovie]
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