The Tomb (1986 film)
Summary
"Buried alive - her evil cannot be contained forever. Her ancient fury sought its revenge... their courage was our last hope!!!" An Egyptian princess (Michelle Bauer) rises from the dead and goes to California for the amulets she needs.
Details
- Release Date: 1986
- Country/Language: US, English
- Genres/Technical: Fantasy, Horror, Action/Adventure
- Runtime: 1 hr 24 min
- Starring: Cameron Mitchell, John Carradine, Sybil Danning
- Director: Fred Olen Ray
- Writer: Kenneth J. Hall (screenplay), T.L. Lankford (additional dialogue and material)
- Producer/Production Co: Trans World Entertainment (TWE)
- View Trailer: (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: (not rated) (maybe equivalent to an R for brief Nudity, and mild Adult Content, Profanity, and Violence?)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- s____ (One Half Tentacle: has only the barest connection to Lovecraft's work)
This film apparently began its life as part of a convoluted Producers-style get-rich-quick scheme; the short version is that, when the scheme didn't work out, these producers were forced to create their film anyway, these producers were forced to create a film with the same title as Lovecraft's short story, but none of the content, and only a single "Lovecraftian" name dropped in the film for Lovecraft fans to make the remotest connection to. The resulting generic Egyptian-themed fantasy action pot-boiler is of interest on a "Lovecraftian film" list only as a curiosity, as this film has nothing really to do with Lovecraft or his work except for some obscure record-keeping entries.
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
Reviews
Review Links:
- Adventures in Nerdliness, (link) - "It is silly and exciting, slightly scary.... All in all, it is not a bad way to spend ninety minutes...."
Synopsis
Spoiler Section (Highlight to Read)
An Egyptian vampire princess rises from the dead and goes to California for the amulets she needs.
Notes
Comments, Trivia, Dedication
- According to The Complete H.P. Lovecraft Filmography by Charles P. Mitchell, this film was originally contracted as "inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's "The Tomb (fiction)" as part of a money-making scheme to obtain a major studio buyout involving an F. Paul Wilson novel by the same name. When this failed to work, a low-budget film about an ancient Egyptian amulet and vampire princess, loosely based on the novel The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker, was made instead, with a character named "Howard Phillips" being the only vestige of the film's origin as a Lovecraft adaptation.
Associated Mythos Elements
- character: "Howard Phillips"
- race: Vampire/Mummy
