Horror
American
1932 · Directed by Karl Freund · 73 min
A British expedition opens an Egyptian tomb in the 1920s, and a long-buried curse begins to reach into the modern world. Universal's follow-up to Dracula and Frankenstein is a slow, hushed horror film that works through atmosphere and a single magnetic presence rather than shocks.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining film of the Universal horror cycle and a bridge between German Expressionist craft and the Hollywood monster movie, carried into sound by one of Expressionism's great cameramen.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a film of eyes, faces and silence, where menace comes from stillness and suggestion, not from action.
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