I've found a different list of horror movies, and I'm keeping it a secret, hoping it won't disappear like the last one. The pick for this past week was this Egyptian-influenced horror starring none other than the Grinch, Boris Karloff.
In this movie, a man is on the verge of death (it takes him a while to actually kick the bucket), and he wants to be buried in a wholly un-Christian way! He believes that the great god of the underworld, Anubis, will resurrect him since he has possession of the "Eternal Light." Little does he realize others are working against him. He will come back to exact his revenge for the betrayal!
This movie was strange in a number of ways. First, the Grinch needed some of that cream they sell for crepey skin. Even before he died, he was struggling with that and a wicked unibrow. Also, there were so many plot holes, I'm not sure how to even start describing them. The only one I will mention is Davis. He was my hero, and I imagine that after he made his phone call, he headed out for a cheeseburger and milkshake. He deserved it.
The end of the movie also didn't really resolve that much. What happened to the cousins? Or club foot man? Or even the parson man that knew how to blow stuff up? And there was a considerable lack of murdering in this movie. It took forever for any ghouling to happen, and then he wasn't killing anyone I wanted dead. I was super excited when I thought he was going to kill the super irritating woman, Miss Kaney, but no. And she really deserved it!
Overall, this one was pretty bad. I didn't like the statue of Anubis. For some reason, it seemed bustier than I remembered. I didn't like the way the Grinch wasn't really a ghoul, and the explanation was pretty stupid. Even the heirs were irritating. Pass!
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