Dawn of the Mummy (1981) on Netflix
A group of models comes to Egypt to shoot fashion photographs beside an ancient tomb. Their hot lights wake Pharaoh Sefirama, and the servants buried with him rise as well.
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Plot summary
Slave raiders in Egypt's fourth millennium BC abduct villagers to serve in Pharaoh Sefirama's burial; poison gas kills them at the sarcophagus, and the tomb is sealed. Thousands of years later, Rick, Tariq and Karib uncover its entrance, and an elderly priestess warns that the tomb is cursed. She flees when Rick fires his pistol. He leaves the other two on guard. Grave robbers who slip inside breathe the tomb's gases and escape. Meanwhile, models come from America for a fashion shoot. Shooting photographs near the tomb, the group draws Rick's objections, and their hot lights revive Sefirama. Jenny spills a bowl holding one of his organs, and her hand begins to burn with infection.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Dawn of the Mummy (1981)
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- Dawn of the Mummy was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic, but was not prosecuted for obscenity.
- UK censors cut about 1 minute and 43 seconds from 12 scenes of Dawn of the Mummy, including the mummy ramming a machete into Tarak's head and a man being gutted; the cuts were waived for the 2003 Anchor Bay DVD.
