"The Mummy" starts off with a bang. Within the first 10 minutes we've already got wide-awake mummy action as Boris Karloff in fully wrapped glory takes the scroll of the dead for his own. This drives the archeologist present in the tomb at the time to go immediately insane. Of course he deserved it as he was the one who opened the box that released the curse and woke the mummy. This sequence delivers the most enjoyable moments of the film. It brings a little suspense and a scare but unfortunately that's the extent of the frights and its the last time we see the mummy. I also enjoyed the scene where Imhotep is mummified alive and it's not only because that's a creepy thing to do but it's also because it is the only time we see Imhotep in his early B.C. glory. The most disappointing thing about "The Mummy" is its sets. They're mostly cheesy or bland and for being set in Egypt they don't make much use of the exotic location. I did enjoy Karloff's performance and I thought that the mummy makeup was very convincing. When comparing the Universal monsters "The Mummy" doesn't entertain like "Frankenstein" or "Dracula".