The Mummy (1932)
Day 140 of Sobriety. It has bothered me for a while that I have never really seen any of the iconic Universal Classic Monsters films, even though they are a key component in the heritage of the horror films that I love. I’m pretty sure I saw Dracula (1931) at some point, but for the most part, the Universal films are so old and omnipresent that I never felt the urge or need to actually sit down and purposefully watch them. Deciding to rectify this, I recently bought the “Complete 30-film collection” blu-ray box, and have embarked, at least initially, on watching the films in their order of release. The Mummy is the third film that I have watched from the set, following on from Dracula and Frankenstein (1931). The set itself is pretty nice, but it does have a few issues. For one thing, it is not really “complete,” as promised by its title. It doesn’t include several of the classic Universal horror films, with The Black Cat (1934) being a notable omission, and several f...