nothing will ruin a movie as much a the combination of a poor script and poor direction . this be the case with the mummy tomb . the script be leftover idea from old and good universal horror flick like dracula and frankenstein . the direction be trite and stale . the acting be mediocre . even chaney kharis be feeble compare to tom tyler in the mummy hand and and the producer be foolish enough to add footage from christy cabanne vastly well prequel and point up the weakness of their own film . universal realize how bad this movie be and and essentially remake it from scratch two year later a the mummy ghost with a much good script and good director . the result be likely the best film in their four film mummy cycle and although not anywhere near as good a karl freund 1932 original . cabanne footage raise this film to a 3. the new stuff be a 2 at best . dick foran and wallace ford be probably glad to see their character bump off so they wouldn not have to appear in dreck like this anymore .