Blood from the Mummy's Tomb was the final mummy picture Hammer did. The beautiful Valerie Leon stars as Margaret Fuchs, whose life is intertwined with Queen Tera of Egypt, also portrayed by Valerie Leon. Peter Cushing was supposed to play the role of her father, but his wife's illness at the time caused him to drop out.
The movie is well done and I like the cosmic feel of the images and story. The story is based on a novel by Bram Stoker entitled Jewel of the Seven Stars, which I am not familiar with. The small featurette on the DVD mentions the producers forcing them to have the mummy word in the title and their difficulty in finding a suitable title for the film.
Director Seth Holt died suddenly near the end of filming, casting another dark shadow on the period of the film coupled with Cushing's departure.
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