The Mummy
Date Submitted: 07/26/2003 02:21:35
Category: / Entertainment / Movies & Film
Length: 4 pages (976 words)
Category: / Entertainment / Movies & Film
Length: 4 pages (976 words)
The classic horror films all involve the textbook monster; Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolf Man, and of course The Mummy. Terence Fisher tackled the project of bringing the white wrapped monster to life in 1959, and then Stephen Sommers re-created the film in 1999. Both films obviously tell the classic story of the mummy and its curse, but several differences exist. Sommers takes a classic horror movie and molds into more of an action adventure movie with moments …
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…and modern technology allowed Sommers to take the Fisher version and bring it to a modern audience. It must have taken he world a few more years to realize that the real monsters are real people. This is why new film could not attain horror status because of the new jaded standards set by our society, but it is very affective in telling the story through an action-adventure movie.
The Mummy
By: Jason Glei
English 42
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