legion of the dead start a a young and attractive egyptology student name molly ( courtney clonch ) pull up to an extraordinary find somewhere in california and apparently there an egyptian tomb that be unearth out in the stick somewhere . dr. ari ben david ( rhett giles ) and dr. swatek ( zach galligan ) be in charge and they be both very excited and however a great evil have be awaken in the shape of the re animate egyptian priestess aneh tet ( claudia lynx ) who need 6 soul to bring her 6 zombie mummy back to life and take over the world with the aid of a big slimy monster thing which can only be bring into this world by a virgin sacrifice . molly discover whats go on and it up to her to save the day . apparently shot under the cheeky title of unravelled and write and direct by paul bale i think leigon of the dead be an ok time waster although many may feel i be be too generous with that description . the script obviously use mummy and ancient egyptian mythology presumably to try and cash in on the huge success and popularity of universal two recent mummy film with brendan fraser and unfortunately the budget do not stretch to any location film so in flash of inspiration the filmmaker think to themselves if we can not go to egypt egypt will have to come to u in california . hence the absurd notion of an ancient egyptian tomb in the middle of rural california which isn not where the silliness stop but since legion of the dead be just a low budget horror film i doubt anyone involve be aim for authenticity and if you know what i mean . i wasn not convince about the unlikely notion that if you make a groundbreaking discovery like the one in the film the only people you bring in be young and hunky teenage student to assist you . the character and dialogue aren not great but they suffice although what save legion of the dead be some reasonable gore and the fact it a little bit different and it have some good look bird in it and it move along at a fair pace . a i say it an ok way to pass the time and just do not expect a masterpiece because this ain not it . director bale do ok and keep the annoy mtv style nonsense down to a minimum and it actually look like a professional film which i guess i should be grateful for on it own consider some of the low budget horror crap that float around out there . i wouldn not call legion of the dead particularly scary and the action scenes lack a certain spark although the zombie mummy be quite cool . there some decent gore here and there various melt face and a rip out heart and a couple of really cool bit where people have their spine rip out which be novel ( if you haven not play mortal kombat ) if nothing else . there some nudity as well if that sort of thing interest you . i have to say i be pretty impressed with legion of the dead consider the suppose $ 500 and 000 budget and it look alright and while the special effect aren not go to win any award theyre not too bad . for what it be it reasonably well make and the acting be ok as well although it sadden to see decent actor like zach galligan and bruce boxleitner reduce to bite part role in film such a this . legion of the dead isn not a great film that for sure but i find it a mildly entertaining way to pass 90 odd minute although i wouldn not be able to argue with anyone who call it crap and not as bad a i be expect but still far from what one might call a good film .