Blood from the Mummy's Tomb

Blood from the Mummy's Tomb

Credits
Title:	Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Director:	Seth Holt Michael Carreras
Writers:	Christopher Wicking
Producers:	Howard Brandy
Composer:	Tristram Cary
Cinematography:	Arthur Grant
Editors:	Peter Weatherley
Production
Distributed by:	Hammer Film Productions; American International Pictures
Released:	October 14th, 1971 ^[1] May 17th, 1972 ^[2]
Rating:	PG
Running time:	94 min.
Country:	UK
Language:	English
Budget:	£200,000 ^[3]
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Blood from the Mummy's Tomb is a British horror film of the mummy monster subgenre. It was primarily directed by Seth Holt, with Michael Carreras completing the film and was written by Christopher Wicking. The movie was produced by Hammer Film Productions and distributed through American International Pictures in the United States. It premiered in the United Kingdom on October 14th, 1971. It was first released in the United States on May 17th, 1972.

Cast[]

Actor	Role
Andrew Keir	Professor Julian Fuchs
Valerie Leon	Margaret Fuchs/Queen Tera
James Villiers	Corbeck
Hugh Burden	Geoffrey Dandridge
George Coulouris	Professor Berrigan
Mark Edwards	Tod Browning
Rosalie Crutchley	Helen Dickerson
Aubrey Morris	Doctor Putnum
David Markham	Doctor Burgess
Joan Young	Mrs. Caporal
James Cossins	Older male nurse
David Jackson	Young male nurse
Jonathan Burn	Saturnine young man
Graham James	Youth in museum
Tamara Ustinov	Veronica
Penelope Holt	Nurse
Angela Ginders	Nurse
Tex Fuller	Patient
Madina Luis	Priest
Omar Amoodi	Priest
Abdul Kader	Priest
Oscar Charles	Priest
Ahmed Osman	Priest
Soltan Lalani	Priest
Saad Ghazi	Priest

Notes & Trivia[]

Copyright holder: © 1971 (MCMLXXI), Hammer Film Productions Limited. All rights reserved.
The story from this film is a loose adaptation of the novel The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker, which was first published in 1903.
The tagline for this films is, "A severed hand beckons from an open grave!"
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb was filmed at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire, England.
Originally, Peter Cushing had been cast in the lead role of Julian Fuchs. Cushing filmed only one day of shooting on the movie on January 11th, 1971. ^[4]
Cushing departed from the project when he learned that his wife had been diagnosed with emphysema. He was replaced on the movie by Andrew Keir.
Actor Luis Madina is credited as Madina Luis in this film.
Editor Peter Weatherley is given a G.B.F.E. suffix after his on-screen credit. This stands for the Guild of British Film Editors. ^[5]
Director Seth Holt died of a sudden heart attack at Elstree Studios five weeks into shooting Blood from the Mummy's Tomb. He passed away on February 14th, 1971. Producer Michael Carreras completed direction of the film following Holt's death. He was only 47-years old. Carreras was uncredited in the capacity of director for the film. ^[6]
A body double was used for Valerie Leon in the rear nudity scenes in this picture. ^[7]
This movie was released in the same month as Lady Frankenstein, which premiered on October 22nd.
Mark Edwards plays a character named Tod Browning in this film. The character is named for director Tod Browning, who is best known for directing the 1931 horror classic Dracula.
The boarding house featured in this film bears a sign with the name "Neame & Skeggs". This is named for actor/production designer Christopher Neame and Hammer films production supervisor Roy Skeggs.
After Seth Holt had died, screenwriter Christopher Wicking felt as if his spirit remained, helping the rest of the crew to complete the picture. ^[8]
This is Mark Edwards' first feature film work. He is given a special "Introducing" credit in the opening of the film.