Ancient Evil: Scream of the Mummy (2000)

Memorable, crazy movie

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

More poorly-made rubbish from the cheapest straight-to-video director in the world, David DeCoteau. This repulsive, boring, terminally miserable movie has not one thing to recommend it; there is no plot, no script, no budget, no effects, no acting, no suspense, just a cheesy old-fashioned piece of horror film music which plays over and over again like this was a Universal classic or something.It's not, and in fact it's about as far as you can get from the classics. Bram Stoker's name is dragged through the mud once more, the film not being even remotely related to him, the re-titling nonsensical, a desperate attempt to attract more unsuspecting viewers. Not even Louis Gossett Jr. is around to save the day this time.The movie is filmed in one room without the lights on. The unattractive, mostly teenage cast are totally awful in their roles. The mummy is overweight, a lumbering, shambling piece of ludicrousness, a waste of time and effort. The gore is brief, shoddy, there is no drama or even any exploitation. Just a great big void of a movie. Give this one a miss. This time there really is nothing more to say.

I actually think some of these reviews provided for this movie are a tad harsh. You really get what you would expect from a low budget horror film with this one. If you're looking for a trashy horror that is full of hilarity based on the poor story line, bad choice of shooting locations and wooden acting then this is perfect. Watch with friends for an absolute laugh. If you're expecting anything decent then you definitely will be disappointed, there's no doubt about that. However, if you like to joke around regarding how bad a film can actually get this will provide an abundance of entertaining moments. I've certainly seen worse!

Somebody, please, for the love of Christ Possessed, give David DeCoteau one of those "Worst Director Ever" awards. Or at least have the world know about this through other means. A moronic idiot should never be allowed to play with a camera and a strobe lightning effect device. I'm not laughing.A bunch of teenagers on a location that looks like a mansion with some dorm rooms. They're supposed to be taking some extra geology or history classes (during summer, is my guess). There's a dried-up mummy stored on a table in the mansion, and some nerd awakens it with some ancient evil plastic scepter thing (or whatever). The mummy looks like some dude with a Halloween mask, wrapped in dusty toilet paper. Some teenagers get killed, and I can't even remember how (I saw this flick a few weeks ago and I don't have Alzheimer, so go figure...). And then this movie ends at some point.The most fascinating thing about this film, is director David DeCoteau's idea of suspense. Building up tension, to him, equals having someone walk around in the house, while the mummy is shuffling through the frame in the background of the shot, like some stoned dude who got lost on his way to the toilet. While that sounds more like comedy to me, it's not even funny.

I only just got this movie a few days ago and have only just watched it and my god IMDb has not got an a grade that can show how bad this film is.The acting is atrocious. I have seen more lively pieces of ... cough, cough, you know whats. The actors are completely unmotivated and are just saying their lines without any thought. When they were talking I thought 'the wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.'As for the storyline, it is even worse. During the first three quarters of the film nothing except the occasional killing.The soundtrack is probably the most note-worthy aspect of this entire piece of 'beep' and that is moderate at best.My final opinion is 'leave this in the tomb and let it gather dust.'