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The Mummy‘s Monster Charm Still Rises from His Tomb, 25 Years Later

Surprisingly, though, the ’99 Mummy plays more like a monster movie than suggested by its reputation as an adventure movie that dispenses with Imhotep’s rags as soon as possible. It’s true that he mostly doesn’t wear the traditional mummy wrappings, but he spends some time with half-rotted flesh before he takes on Vosloo’s gleaming, impressive physique. He’s a good mummy!