![]() This will usher in the Dark Universe, which will see all the iconic monsters we know and love from Universal’s canon return from their graves and tombs to share a world immersed in spooky shenanigans. Now the series is back with a brand new reboot that’s even bigger than the last. It spawned two sequels and a spin-off series we can at least thank for giving Dwayne Johnson his big break. In 1999, the franchise was resurrected as big blockbuster entertainment starring Brendan Fraser. However, subsequent films saw the franchise move away from its roots in terror to implement elements of the action and adventure genres. The original film, which was inspired by the opening of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 and the legendary curse surrounding it, focused primarily on horror, suspense, Egyptian mysticism, and dark romance. Since its inception in 1932, the Mummy franchise has returned from the sarcophagus every couple of decades and managed to be somewhat successful. And that’s especially true if they’re hits at the box office. If we’ve learned one thing from watching horror movies, it’s that monsters don’t stay dead for too long. ![]() ![]() ![]() From Universal to Hammer, the reincarnated baddies in the ‘Mummy’ franchise have presented themselves in various iterations throughout the years - some scary, some funny, others a little bit of both, some neither.
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