Sunday, October 20, 2013

Time Walker (1982)

New World Pictures
Directed by Tom Kennedy
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Shout Factory)

A California professor and his students open King Tut's tomb and bring the sarcophagus home. It's covered in green mold which is reactivated by a dumb x-ray technician, who also steals the crystals he finds hidden in the crypt. The mummy disappears and terrorizes students on campus. He is really an alien and just wants his crystals back so he can go home. It works best as a monster-on-the-loose story, including a green tinted mummy cam, but the sci-fi angle nearly ruins it. Nina Axelrod from Motel Hell is a student assistant and James Karen from Return of the Living Dead is the stubborn university president.

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