The Demon and the Mummy (1976)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Directors:

Don McDougall
Don Weis

Writers:

Michael Kozoll (Demon segment)
Stephen Lord (Demon segment)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Plot:

Reporter Carl Kolchak investigates college men dying of heart attacks and Chicago citizens having their hearts cut out by Aztecs.

Plot Keywords:

Reporter | Supernatural | Aztec | Demon | Sacrifice

Cast

Darren McGavin	...	Carl Kolchak (archive footage)
Simon Oakland	...	Tony Vincenzo (archive footage)
Jack Grinnage	...	Ron Updyke (archive footage)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ramon Bieri	...	Captain Webster (archive footage)
Victor Campos	...	Professor Jamie Rodriguez (archive footage)
Erik Estrada	...	Pepe Torres (archive footage)
Kristina Holland	...	Rosalind Winters (archive footage)
Andrew Prine	...	Prof. C. Evan Spate (archive footage)
Keenan Wynn	...	Capt. Joe 'Mad Dog' Siska (archive footage)

Runtime:

USA:120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Universal TV

Trivia:

This "movie" is a compilation of two episodes of "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" (1974): "Demon in Lace" and "Legacy of Terror".

Movie Connections:

Follows The Night Stalker (1972) (TV)

2 "KOLCHAK" episodes fused into one "movie"

Like its companion feature,"Crackle of Death"(copyright 1974),this feature(copyright 1975)is comprised of two episodes of the great teleseries "KOLCHAK:THE NIGHT STALKER," which ran for only one season and twenty episodes in the fall 1974-75 season.Episodes 6("Firefall")and 10("The Energy Eater")were the basis for "Crackle..." while episodes 16("Demon in Lace")and 17("Legacy of Terror")formed the basis for this one.This was the reason that these four entries were,for many years,unavailable in syndication,whether on the "CBS LATE MOVIE" or on cable's SCI-FI channel.Both features ventured back and forth between two different plot lines with often dizzying results,new voice-over work from actors Darren McGavin and Simon Oakland helping to bridge the gaps."Demon in Lace" was about a female succubus who enters the bodies of recently deceased young women to seduce to death healthy male college students who die from heart attacks,with good roles for Jackie Vernon,Carolyn Jones,and Andrew Prine as an archaeologist who uncovers the secret behind the horror."Legacy of Terror" had numerous victims being found with their hearts cut out,sacrifices to an Aztec mummy on the verge of being restored to life,with its final,willing,sacrifice being played by a young Erik Estrada.Viewing all four individual episodes is the best way to see them intact,now that the entire series is available on DVD,but these two "features" still warrant a look for the curious.