USA, 1985
84m
35mm film, colour
mono, English
An American horror film directed by Fred Olen Ray.
Plot Summary
A thief steals artifacts from an unmarked tomb in Egypt and sells them to archaeologists back in the States. The Egyptian queen whose tomb has been desecrated returns to life to retrieve the artifacts and take her revenge.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Fred Olen Ray
© MCMLXXXV [1985] TWE Productions, Inc.
Trans World Entertainment presents a Fred Olen Ray film
Executive Producer: Richard Kaye, Paul Hertzberg
Produced by: Fred Olen Ray, Ronnie Hadar
Co-producer: Miriam L. Preissel
Screenplay by: Kenneth J. Hall
Additional Dialogue and Material by: T.L. Lankford
Based on the Novel Jewel of Seven Stars by: Bram Stoker *
Director of Photography: Paul Elliott
Edited by: Miriam L. Preissel
Musical Score by: Drew Neumann
Sound Mixer: Stephan Von Hase
Wardrobe/Costume Design: Elizabeth A. Reid
Makeup: Nancy De Turo
Makeup Effects: Makeup Effects Lab, Mike Spatola (MEL), Tony Rupprecht (MEL), Doug White
Additional Effects: John McCallum, Evert Burrell, Robert Kurtzman
Special Effects Animation and Title Design by: Bret Mixon
Art Director: Maxine Shepard
Cast
Cameron Mitchell (Dr Howard Phillips)
John Carradine (Mr Andoheb)
Susan Stokey (Helen)
Richard Alan Hench (David Manners)
Michelle Bauer (Nefratis)
David Pearson (John Banning)
George Hoth (Dr Stewart)
Stu Weltman (Detective Sullivan)
Craig Hamann (Tyler)
Jack Frankel (Dr Manners)
Emmanuel Shipov (Youssef)
Brad Arrington (customs agent #2)
Peter Conway (customs agent #1)
Kitten Natividad (stripper)
Sybil Danning (Jade)
Frank McDonald (Officer Ullman)
Victor von Wright (detective)
Morrie Eisenman (airport cabbie)
Dawn Wildsmith (Anna Conda)
Martin Nicholas (janitor)
Dutch Polder (bar swinger)
Michael D. Sonye (waiter)
Katina Garner (old Nefratis)
Gertie the Rat (herself)
The Rhythm Kings, Sundray Tucker, Jimmie Maslon, Candy Pride, Dathon Jones, Bob Cockrell, John Thompson, Frank Jernigan (Pharoah and the Mummies)
Alternative Titles
Das Geheimnis des Grabmals am Nil – West Germany
Gravplundraren – Sweden
Grobowiec – Poland
Hautakammio – Finland
Jagten På Nefratis Skat – Denmark (video)
Jakten på, dødens gravkammer – Norway (video)
A Maldição da Tumba – Brazil
El misterio de la pirámide – Spain
Le Mystère de la pyramide – France
A síremlék – Hungary
El tesoro de la tumba egipcia – Spain
La tomba – Italy
La tombe – Canada (French)
La tumba – Argentina, Spain (video), Venezuela
Гробница – Russia
Гробниця – Ukraine
Links
Extracts included in
Biohazard: The Alien Force (1994)
Deep Space (1988)
Screaming in High Heels: The Rise & Fall of the Scream Queen Era (2011)
Stephen King’s World of Horror (1986)
References
Periodicals
- Variety 22 October 1986 p.10
Books
- The Films of the Eighties by Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan p.588
- Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.513
- John Carradine: The Films by Tom Weaver pp.354-355
- The Mummy on Screen: Orientalism and Monstrosity in Horror Cinema by Basil Glynn pp.29, 159
