Love Makes You Evil: Imhotep after all these years until his resurrection is still genuinely in love with Anck-es-en-Amon/Helen and he's prepared to kill the man she loves and everyone who represents an obstacle between him and her.Love at First Sight: Frank is pledging his love to Helen within a couple of hours of meeting her.Living Statue: A statue guarding the scroll of Thoth comes alive to show its displeasure of Imhotep stealing it in the past.Laughing Mad: The assistant is left a cackling lunatic after seeing the mummy shuffle out of its sarcophagus.Kick the Dog: Helen and her German Shepherd go on a walk that ends up at Imhotep's house.Hypnotize the Princess: Imhotep uses his magic powers to lure Helen to him, and later to get Princess Anck-es-en-Amon to submit to being killed.Have We Met?: Imhotep says this to Helen when they meet, as he wants to know if she remembers anything from her past lives.When Frank is hitting on Helen, she responds with "Don't you think I've had enough excitement for one evening, without the additional thrill of a strange man making love to me?".When the archaeologists are discussing what Imhotep could have done to be punished like he was, one of them suggests "Maybe he got too gay with the vestal virgins in the temple.''."He went for a little walk! You should have seen his face! HAHAHAHA!" Go Mad from the Revelation: Whemple's assistant doesn't take it well when he sees Imhotep's shambling corpse.For Science!: When Frank is telling Helen how he unwrapped Princess Anck-es-en-Amon's most personal possessions, she cringes, exclaiming "How could you?" "Had to! Science, you know," Frank peppily replies.Fanservice: Zita Johann as Helen wears some low-cut dresses, and as Princess Anck-es-en-Amon wears a skimpy outfit that would never have been possible just a couple of years later under The Hays Code.Fainting: After failing to get inside the museum, Helen faints.Eye Awaken: When Whemple's assistant starts reading the translation of the scroll of Thoth, Imhotep opens his eyes slowly.
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Thus, it goes quite shockingly explicit in depicting the horror of Imhotep's being mummified alive, plus an early line that his "viscera" were not removed. Darker and Edgier: After the tremendous success of Dracula and Frankenstein, this film was subjected to far more lenient censorship from the studio.Unlike her counterparts in other classic horror films, Helen does not need any of the male leads to save her from Imhotep she manages to defeat the monster all on her own. Damsel out of Distress: Practically a Ur-Example.Imhotep then proceeds to try to revive a dead lover (which was why he was buried alive as it was sacrilege), killing anyone who gets in his way. This is ignored by the explorers and the Priest is brought back to life when one of the explorers reads the "Scroll of Life" which causes the Imhotep. His casket contains a warning that death will meet anyone who opens the casket. Curse of the Pharaoh: Explorers find the remains of a High Priest named Imhotep who was buried alive in the desert.Imhotep, prior to having rejuvenated after the time-skip, was designed to look like the mummy of Seti I but ended up looking like the mummy of Ramses III instead. Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: A truly odd example.Brown Note Being: Whemple's assistant experiences instant insanity, left Laughing Mad after catching a glimpse of the mummy's shambling corpse.Buried Alive: Imhotep's punishment for the sacrilege of trying to bring the dead back to life.In the end, all he wants is to be reunited with his love. Ancient Tomb: Princess Anck-es-en-Amon's tomb, but we never get to see inside it.Ancient Egypt: Featured comparatively briefly in Imhotep's vision of the past.
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