Like Todd Browning’s Dracula, this film’s spot in history is just too close to the silents for it to be very sophisticated by today’s standards. That notwithstanding, it’s got a lot going for it. For openers, Boris Karloff plays the title character, giving the role just the right morbid touches to convincingly play an undead creature imprisoned in a sarcophagus for 3,700 years. And like most of the films in the sub-genre herein originated, this movie features a lot of archaeology-related plot twists. Most of it is pretty hokey stuff, but even so it appeals to my personal preferences in horror movies. Worth seeing
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