The Mummy

Universal Horror Library

by Carl Dreadstone (Pseudonym), Ramsey Campbell

An unmarked burial place deep in the Nubian desert contained an ancient mummy case of plain wood. The unearthing of this simple box was to invoke the most horrifying repercussions. For within the case lay a body that had been interred while still struggling to free itself from the smothering bonds—a body condemned to death in both this life and the next...

And on the box, a warning—'eternal punishment for whoever opens this casket'. For Norton, the temptation was too much. He waited until he was alone and then... he was found insane, the box was empty and the mummy gone.

Eleven years later, the world was to pay the price for Norton's foolish curiosity...

Genres: Horror

128 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 1977

About the author

A Pseudonym of Ramsey Campbell

Reviews

[Scott Oliver · Rating 4 out of 5]

On a expedition in Egypt, the mummified body of Imhotep and the scroll of toth are found leading to the corpse to rise and look for the great love of he’s life Ankhesenamen, reincarnated in the body of the beautiful Helen Grosvenor.

A good novelisation of the old universal pictures film

[Howard Thompson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Basically follows the plot of the classic Boris Karloff movie, and equally as silly.

[Vincent Darkhelm · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay novelisation of a good film.

[Mikepottz · Rating 3 out of 5]

An unmarked burial place deep in the desert is dug out of the ground. Inside is a mummy which is unwrapped and as the yellowed linen come away like dead tissue it reveals a greyish brown face, cracked and brittle. The eyes partly opened. On further inspection the grotesque creature hasn't had its brain or organs removed. This mummy had been wrapped alive, sentenced to death, imagine wrapped alive, the breath slowly leaving your body as the sound of dirt being thrown on the coffin as you are buried alive. The mummy known as Imhotep will disappear and come back to try to kill and then resurrect his 3000 year old lover who now lives in the body of Helen.

[Sweetie Puss · Rating 5 out of 5]

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