Universal Pictures' classic 1932 production of The
Mummy, directed by Karl Freund from an original
story by Nina Wilcox Putnam and Richard
Schayer, the legendary Boris Karloff starred as
Imhotep, spawning a crop of Mummy films over the
years.
Universal went on to produce The Mummy's Hand
(1940), The Mummy's Tomb (1942), The Mummy's Ghost (1944) and
The Mummy's Curse (1945). Twenty years later, Britain's Hammer
Films was given license to make Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
(1964), The Mummy's Shroud (1966) and Blood From The Mummy's
Tomb (1971), making international stars of Peter Cushing and
Christopher Lee.
The success of The Mummy films helped establish Universal
Pictures as an industry leader in the horror genre, and served as a
springboard for other monster properties at Universal, including
Frankenstein, the Wolf Man, the Creature from the Black Lagoon
and the Invisible Man.
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