The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals
1969 film by Oliver Drake
The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals is a 1969 American independent horror film directed by Oliver Drake and written and produced by William Edwards, starring Anthony Eisley, John Carradine, Robert Alan Browne and Marliza Pons. The film is known for its premise, featuring a mummy and a "were-jackal", and for its troubled production history: It was shot on location in Las Vegas in 1969, but it went unreleased until it surfaced on video in the mid-1980s.
Plot
Archaeologist David Barrie (Anthony Eisley) uncovers two sarcophagi: one containing the well-preserved 4,000-year-old Princess Akana (Marliza Pons) and another containing a mummy, Sirahk (Saul Goldsmith). He transports them to a remote house near Las Vegas for further study.
Upon reading ancient texts, Barrie learns of a curse: anyone who spends a night with the princess under a full moon will transform into a jackal. The princess eventually revives and uses the curse to turn Barrie into a nocturnal "jackal-man" to serve her. Meanwhile, the mummy is reanimated, seemingly with the intent to reclaim her. The two monsters eventually clash in the streets of Las Vegas, culminating in a final confrontation at Lake Mead.
Cast
Anthony Eisley as David Barrie
John Carradine as Prof. Cummings
Robert Alan Browne as Bob (as Robert Allen Browne)
Maurine Dawson as Donna
Marliza Pons as Princess Akana
Saul Goldsmith as The Mummy
Burke Reynolds as Old Drunk
William Whitton as Pharaoh
Rebecca Rothchild as Goddess
Frankie Dee as Marti
Judy Cassell as Dress Shop Girl
Nancy Sheldon as Show Girl
Production
The film has been described as a "knockoff" of the classic Universal Monsters horror films, with Tom Weaver in John Carradine: The Films noting that "Jackals [is] heavily indebted to the Universal series plot-wise." The mummy has been described as a "Kharis-like killer", and it's been noted that "Sirahk" is "Kharis" spelled backwards.
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