The Mummy (1932) / The Mummy (1999)
Mahoning Drive-In Theater - Lehighton, PA
One of the most interesting annual double features at the Mahoning season is Remake Double Take in which the original form of a movie is screened with a remake of that film shown on the big screen afterward.
Mahoning Drive-In Theater - Lehighton, PA
One of the most interesting annual double features at the Mahoning season is Remake Double Take in which the original form of a movie is screened with a remake of that film shown on the big screen afterward.
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| Show banner designed by Andrew Kern |
This year's Remake Double Take was the original 1932 Universal Pictures monster film The Mummy followed by the 1999 blockbuster of the same name that starred Brendan Fraser.
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| Show poster designed by Tom Bifulco |
The poster for tonight's event was especially cool with Boris Karloff as The Mummy ominously peering at the top right with Brendan Fraser as Rick O'Connell in the foreground.
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| Show t-shirt designed by Tom Bifulco |
The t-shirt, which was also designed by Tom Bifulco, had a very similar vibe to the poster.
Speaking of t-shirts, our friends Bill and Anissa made a custom shirt for their pug, Gizmo, who attended the event.
Prior to tonight's double feature, there was a screening of the 1968 Woody Woodpecker cartoon called One Horse Town. This short has been screened at the Mahoning at quite a few shows that I've been to over the years. Tonight, it was being shown especially for one of the fans in attendance who enjoys it. It is a pretty funny cartoon that's chock full of Vitamin Hay.
After the cartoon, the first movie of the night was the horror classic, The Mummy. We got to see a different mummy movie from the original Universal Monsters franchise two years ago when the 1944 film The Mummy's Ghost was shown as a part of the 2023 Universal Monster Mash weekend, but this was my first time seeing the 1932 original. It's a great film and black and white always looks incredible on the big screen at the Mahoning. Unfortunately, there were some sound issues in the second reel that made part of the movie difficult to hear.
The second feature film of the night was the 1999 film The Mummy. This is a movie that I had only seen once before, and my memories of it was that it was pretty good, but it didn't really inspire me to seek out any of its sequels. Although it was pretty foggy throughout the second half of the film, I did enjoy it more this time around. I might have to have a Mummy movie marathon sometime over the winter after drive-in season is over so I can give the series a fair shake.
