Hearing of a tomb buried in the African desert, a treasure hunter finds that the reanimated Egyptian princess he accidentally revived has chased him back to California seeking the return of her stolen artifacts and forces a team of experts to discover her quest and rush to stop it.This could've been surprisingly decent but is mostly for the B-movie fans. The main problem with the film is that this was a really slow- paced film that really could've been decent but is somewhat missed here. This is due to the fact that most of the scenes just drag on and on with long gaps between anything remotely called action scenes to spice up the running time. It takes forever while waiting for the characters to complete their discussions and everything is played out that way as it takes forever to get through this film with the way everything has the longest possible take to get through. This pads out an already stretched film with the long rambling discussions about the quest for the artifacts and how they come together into her plans, the scenes with the archaeologist getting his way through the different agencies looking for him as well as the different scenes of her wandering around looking for them herself, and with plenty of go nowhere scenes that do nothing to advance the plot it results in a film with very little to get interested in and long on needless scenes. The plot is decent enough, but the boring, wordy resolution really cuts off most of the film, and with the collection of actors on display this could've gone even further and really loaded up on the cheese even more than it does. The strip-club sequence and bedroom scenes could've used that kind of cheese to it's fullest extent, and the few kills in here are decent enough and give off some blood but are simply over really quick as the majority are simply brutal-sounding without exploiting the fun of the situation. That leads into the film's final issue, it's depressing cheapness that has a big hold over the film, from the special effects to the sets and the overall fact that the majority of the film has her looking like a valley girl rather than a true mummy. As it stands, these here hold this one back quite highly even though there are a few decent parts on display. The main factor here is the fact that the plot is a gender-swapped version of the original film and that provides with some potential to have some fun updating that storyline to a more modern time. This is mostly brought about by including a series of scenes featuring the mummy walking among the modern new-wave era with the fashions and music which makes for a cheesy enough time to keep this one going as it winds through the varied scenes throughout here. When it does go for the action, this one isn't bad as the opening shootout in the airport tarmac gets this one off rather nicely, the resurrection in the tomb is pretty fun with the creature slowly emerging from the crypt behind them and the finale's sacrificial ceremony is quite a fun cheesy time that gives this one the kind of flamboyant ending that really sells this one more so than most of the other scenes here. It's not enough to overcome the flaws but it does raise this slightly.Rated R: Violence, Language and Nudity.

No gore, no nudity (If I recall). A smart ass archaeologist faces off against a supernatural spirit in a fight for something or other. All the while, we get to drool over Sybil Danning and grimace at John Carradine. The spirit also seeks revenge for its disturbed tomb. - - - I usually had a soft spot in my bowels for Fred Olen Ray's early movies because they have gusto and that can do attitude in them, even when they don't succeed; however, "the Tomb" is simply missing this energy. Everything is filmed competently, but it doesn't have that kinetic something propelling the movie from scene to scene. Still, the decent acting, cheesy effects, and meatier story serve to keep interest through the underwhelming finale. Could've been better, but not a complete waste of time (okay, maybe it is).*1/2 out of 4

Hack director Fred Olen Ray unleashed this loser back in the mid eighties. "Stars" Sybil Danning and John Carradine are in the film for about 5 minutes each, and Cameron Mitchell has the good sense to not show up until about 50 minutes in and then gets killed about 15 minutes later. It's for sure none of these actors listed this on their resumes. As for our lead, David O'Hara, well let's just say he shouldn't have quit his coaching job. And the second male lead, Richard Hench, who doesn't enter the film until it's half over, seems to be reading his lines from cue cards offscreen. At times he appears to be in a trance. Some of the furniture has more life in its performance than he does. Of course most of the blame falls squarely on the director's shoulders here. Olen Ray can't seem to pace a scene to save his life; they all just drag on and on with the actors taking long, I mean long, pauses between each line of dialog. You can just feel precious seconds of your life slipping away while waiting for them to complete their discussions. Naturally we need some pointless t & a to pad out an already stretched film, and plenty of go nowhere scenes that do nothing to advance the "plot". The best I can say for this garbage is that it is only 84 minutes long.Skip this film and watch the 1980 flick The Awakening, which covers pretty much the same ground. While not a great movie, it's worlds better than this dreck.

Another Kitch classic. Stu Weltman co-stars in this zany takeoff complete with the likes of John Carradine....Weltman's Detective Sullivan is the right guy for the right job. His accent is New York but his attitude is Joisey.If the Sopranos knew what a latent talen Stu was he would have been great as the aging Don...He could play an Irishaman, an Italian or a Greek detective with equal capability.To see him is to love him. He brightens up the Tomb a truly memorable D type of movie. The Mummy was putty in Detective Sullivans trembling hands!