''The Mummy'' (1932)

By Crusader1307

 The long dead Mummy of screen and film originally came to life in 1932 as one of American film Studio  Universal's, member of their Classic Monster series. The film cashed in on the very lucrative Ancient Egyptian art and cultural finds starting with King Tut in 1922. Mummies were all the rage for most Museums and Sideshows throughout The World. In screen format, we find an Ancient Egyptian Priest (Imhotep), who falls in love with a Princess. Dying young, Imhotep is heartbroken. But, being a High Priest has it's advantages. Stealing The Scroll of Thoth (which when recited, will re-animate the dead body and soul), Imhotep is caught by Pharaoh's Guards. Cursed, he is buried alive (with The Scroll). Discovered some 3,000 years later, Archaeologist's accidentally read The Scroll and bring back our Priest. Having developed more powers and strength (evil) over the centuries, Imhotep assumes the guise of an expert in Ancient Egypt. Meeting the daughter of one of his rescuers (who is actually the reincarnation of his long dead love). Imhotep (using his mind control abilities), steal her away (so he can resurrect her memories and the two can live forever). Our heroine, (vaguely remembering some of her missing past life)  pleads before a statue of The Goddess Isis (for help). Imhotep instantly dissolves. Popular, The Mummy (again starring famed Frankenstein Actor Boris Karloff), spawned around 5 indirect sequels. A somewhat popular Monster in the 1950s, English Hammer Studio kept the immortal Priest alive for 3 movies. Allowed to rest until 1999, Universal resurrected Imhotep (giving him a slightly different back story and much more realistic special effects). Part horror and action-adventure, the rebooted Mummy had generated 2 sequels (with the possibility of several more).