The Mummy's Ghost (1944)

In a small New England college town, a professor (Frank Reicher) of Egyptology is killed during the early hours of the morning. Evidence points to the return of a mummy (Lon Chaney Jr.) who had previously terrorized the town and believed dead. Directed by Reginald Le Borg (WEIRD WOMAN), this was the fourth entry in Universal Mummy franchise. Frankly, outside of ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET THE MUMMY (for obvious reasons), it's difficult to tell these mummy movies apart. Their plots are so similar, only the character's names change that they blend into each other. This one is no different although its ending is more of a downer than the others. I'm actually partial to the franchise so I suppose I'm more tolerant than others of the sameness. It's not the kind of movie where the acting matters much but still, when the best performance in the movie is given by a dog, you have to wonder. With John Carradine, Ramsay Ames, Robert Lowery, Barton MacLane and Martha Vickers.