
Episode 10 – The Mummy
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11/24/20 • 65 min
Your hosts Stephen N and Stephen E discuss The Mummy. Starting with Karl Freund’s 1932 classic starring Boris Karloff all the way through Alex Kurtzmans’ 2017 version starring Tom Cruise.
We also discuss the relevance of Bram Stoker’s, The Jewel of Seven Stars.
Movies
“The Mummy” (1932)
Dir: Karl Freund
Boris Karloff
Spawned four sequels
Killed by Abbott and Costello in 1955
“The Mummy’s Hand” (1940)
Dir: Christy Carbanne
Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, George Zucco
“The Mummy” (1959)
Dir: Terence Fisher
Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee
Spawned three additional Hammer Mummy films
First Mummy film in color
“Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb” (1971)
Dir: Seth Holt
Valerie Leon
First adaptation of “The Jewel of Seven Stars”
“The Awakening” (1980)
Dir: Mike Newell
Charlton Heston, Stephanie Zimbalist
Second adaptation of “The Jewel of Seven Stars”
“The Tomb” (1986)
Dir: Fred Olen Ray (“Scalps”, “Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers”)
Michelle Bauer, Sybil Danning, Cameron Mitchell, John Carradine
Third adaptation of “The Jewel of Seven Stars”
Man pulls beer bottle out of his taint
“The Mummy” (1999)
Dir: Stephen Sommers
Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo
Spawned 2 sequels; 5 “Scorpion King” films
“Bubba Ho-Tep” (2002)
Dir: Don Coscarelli
Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis
“The Fallen Ones” (2005)
Dir: Kevin VanHook
Casper Van Dien, Tom Bosley, Robert Wagner, Geoffrey Lewis
“The Mummy” (2017)
Dir: Alex Kurtzman
Tom Cruise
Books
- The Jewel of Seven Stars, Bram Stoker, 1903
- The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut’s Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt, Dr. Kara Cooney, 2014
Your hosts Stephen N and Stephen E discuss The Mummy. Starting with Karl Freund’s 1932 classic starring Boris Karloff all the way through Alex Kurtzmans’ 2017 version starring Tom Cruise.
We also discuss the relevance of Bram Stoker’s, The Jewel of Seven Stars.
Movies
“The Mummy” (1932)
Dir: Karl Freund
Boris Karloff
Spawned four sequels
Killed by Abbott and Costello in 1955
“The Mummy’s Hand” (1940)
Dir: Christy Carbanne
Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, George Zucco
“The Mummy” (1959)
Dir: Terence Fisher
Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee
Spawned three additional Hammer Mummy films
First Mummy film in color
“Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb” (1971)
Dir: Seth Holt
Valerie Leon
First adaptation of “The Jewel of Seven Stars”
“The Awakening” (1980)
Dir: Mike Newell
Charlton Heston, Stephanie Zimbalist
Second adaptation of “The Jewel of Seven Stars”
“The Tomb” (1986)
Dir: Fred Olen Ray (“Scalps”, “Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers”)
Michelle Bauer, Sybil Danning, Cameron Mitchell, John Carradine
Third adaptation of “The Jewel of Seven Stars”
Man pulls beer bottle out of his taint
“The Mummy” (1999)
Dir: Stephen Sommers
Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo
Spawned 2 sequels; 5 “Scorpion King” films
“Bubba Ho-Tep” (2002)
Dir: Don Coscarelli
Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis
“The Fallen Ones” (2005)
Dir: Kevin VanHook
Casper Van Dien, Tom Bosley, Robert Wagner, Geoffrey Lewis
“The Mummy” (2017)
Dir: Alex Kurtzman
Tom Cruise
Books
- The Jewel of Seven Stars, Bram Stoker, 1903
- The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut’s Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt, Dr. Kara Cooney, 2014
Previous Episode

Episode 09 – Frankenstein
Your hosts Stephen N and Stephen E discuss Frankenstein: the 1818/1831 novel written by Mary Shelley, and films that have made The Monster a horror icon.
Special Guest: Jen Brinkman reading excerpts from the novel.
1910: Thomas Edison’s Frankenstein
- Director: J. Searle Dawley
- Doctor: Augustus Phillips
- Monster: Charles Ogle
1931: Frankenstein
- Director: James Whale
- Doctor: Colin Clive
- Monster: Boris Karloff
1935: The Bride of Frankenstein
- Director: James Whale
- Doctor: Colin Clive
- Monster: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester
1957: The Curse of Frankenstein
- Director: Terence Fisher
- Doctor: Peter Cushing
- Monster: Christopher Lee
1973: Frankenstein (TV Movie)
- Director: Jack Smight
- Doctor: Leonard Whiting
- Monster: Michael Sarrazin
1974: Young Frankenstein
- Director: Mel Brooks
- Doctor: Gene Wilder
- Monster: Peter Boyle
1994: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
- Director: Kenneth Branagh
- Doctor: Kenneth Branagh
- Monster: Robert DeNiro
2004: Frankenstein (TV Mini-series)
- Director: Kevin Connor
- Doctor: Alec Newman
- Monster: Luke Gross
2015: Victor Frankenstein
- Director: Paul McGuigan
- Doctor: James McAvoy
- Monster: Spencer Wilding
Next Episode

Episode 11 – Who Goes There – The Thing
Your hosts Stephen N and Stephen E discuss Who Goes There? and The Thing.
Books
- Who Goes There?, John W. Campbell Jr., 1938
- Frozen Hell, John W. Campbell Jr., 1938
Movies
- The Thing From Another World (1951)
- Director: Christian Nyby
- Horror Express (1972)
- Director: Gene Martin
- The Thing (1982)
- Director: John Carpenter
- The Thing (2011)
- Director: Matthijs van Heijningen
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