Event

THE SECRET OF THE MUMMY

a/k/a: O Segredo da Múmia
dir. Ivan Cardoso, 1982
85 min, Brazil
In Portuguese w/ hard-burned English subs.

A tale as old as time: Dr. Vitus, a disgraced scientist (Wilson Grey who would go on to be one of Cardoso's go to character actors for the majority of his career) devotes his dying days to the reconstruction of a map that had been divided into 8 parts and scattered to the winds with their owners meeting most mysterious deaths.

On a trip to Egypt he finds a mummy, Runamb, and brings it with him back to Brazil. You aren't going to believe this - but it comes to life and wreaks havoc on all in his path obsessing over Nadia, a dancer who had scorned him when he was alive - well, more alive anyway.

Fleshing out his vision after NOSFERATO IN BRAZIL, Cardoso again takes advantage of the countryside and finds juicy roles for the legendary José Mojica Marins - better known as Coffin Joe - and Regina Casé (THE SECOND MOTHER).