The Eternal: Kiss of the Mummy

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Plot: Michael Almereyda, whose unusual career finds him bouncing between personal experimental movies and genre pictures, is back in commercial territory with the supernatural thriller The Eternal, w...( read more  )hich was given the opportunistic yet appropriate subtitle Kiss of the Mummy to cash in on the success of 1999's The Mummy. Alison Elliot and Jared Harris star as an alcoholic American couple who travel to Scotland with their son so he can meet his grandmother and, ostensibly, so they can dry out. ("Ale isn't like alcohol. It's like food," she explains to her dubious son as she immediately violates her vow to quit drinking.) Unfortunately, they walk in on their crazed uncle (Christopher Walken), who is in the midst of reviving a centuries-old Druid witch--who looks just like Alison Elliot! Almereyda manages to create some genuinely spooky moments (the underwater photography in particular takes on a dreamy beauty), but much of the film has a slapdash quality, from clumsy special effects to awkward performances. The exception is Elliot, excellent as usual in the double role and conveying more with her eyes alone than many actors can manage with words, while Jared Harris offers a dead-on Walken impression in a humorous interlude. It's a gorgeous film with a marvelously eerie soundtrack, but the story is too slight to carry the tension through to the end. --Sean Axmaker

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  March 22, 2008

  Well this flim was pretty bad, but did have a decent part to it. all in all, don't bother, but if your in the mood for a slow paced horror with cheezy acting but decent cinematography.

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  January 7, 2007

  Delightful. Featuring actors I enjoy and who just don't work enough (Jared Harris, Allison Elliot). Not as pretentious as Almereyda tends to be.

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  July 20, 2006

  this one was pretty bad, but did have a decent part to it. all in all, don't bother, but if your in the mood for a slow paced horror with cheezy acting but decent cinematography, then give it a shot if there isn't anything else.

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• Rated: (R)
• Directed by: Michael Almereyda
• Genres: Mystery & Suspense, Horror
• Released: January 1, 1998
• DVD Released: July 20, 1999

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