Inevitably, the series would deal with the curse of a mummy, and of course the most famous case is that of Howard Carter, who unearthed the tomb of King Tut, a largely forgotten young pharaoh who gained true immortality by his tomb being discovered by an expedition funded by doomed Englishman Lord Carnarvon, who died not long after, and became the first of several of a reputed curse, which may well have been just a series of unfortunate coincidences, or perhaps not... Another case of two young actresses being struck down by another Egyptian curse is in some ways even more eerie than King Tut, though entire episode is nicely handled and memorable regardless.
4 Reviews
Spooky episode!
mm-3924 November 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Leonard Nimoy can create a chilling narrative. The Mummy's Curse was a spooky episode in segments! The Mummy's Curse starts out with the history behind the dig, and the characters involved. When the tome was open the topic of the Mummy's Cures was analyzed. Suspicious deaths of the people involved where breached! Experts explain theories with opinions of: rubbish, coincidence, and many micro-virus for the deaths. The play scene was eerie. Then In Search of goes to modern times (1970's) with the modern exhibit in the U S and French scientist analyze a mummy for virus which could have been planted three thousand years ago. One of the better episode. There is only so much one can present in twenty two minutes. 7 out of 10 mummies for this one!
Downton Mummy
alanduran-6254321 October 2022
I was surprised to see Highclere Castle as the setting for The Mummy's Curse episode. It seems like a missed opportunity that the connection to the Mummy's Curse was not a story involving the Crawleys in Downton Abbey. In Search Of is still a pretty good series that holds your interest and gives us an insight into things we were concerned about in the 1970s. The music in the series seems reminiscent of the music in the classic Chariots Of The Gods. It could be intentional, trying to draw the comparison at that time. The Killer Bee episode was quite creepy as well, because I hadn't thought much about them recently. I sure hope I never run into Killer Bees nor Killer Mummies.
Season 1 Episode 8
Michael_Elliott7 February 2016
In Search Of... "The Mummy's Curse" (1977)
The eighth episode of the first season is certainly one of the greatest as it takes a look at various curses based around mummy's. The big example is of course the legend of King Tut and the various strange deaths that followed the entering of his tomb. We also learn about other Egyptian curses where many people believe deaths followed the disturbance of the tombs. As I said, this here is certainly the most entertaining episode up until this point because the stories being told are just so darn fascinating but the episode is also quite creepy at times. Obviously Nimoy does a great bit with the narration and we get some terrific images of various artifacts take from King Tut's tomb.
Episode: A
The eighth episode of the first season is certainly one of the greatest as it takes a look at various curses based around mummy's. The big example is of course the legend of King Tut and the various strange deaths that followed the entering of his tomb. We also learn about other Egyptian curses where many people believe deaths followed the disturbance of the tombs. As I said, this here is certainly the most entertaining episode up until this point because the stories being told are just so darn fascinating but the episode is also quite creepy at times. Obviously Nimoy does a great bit with the narration and we get some terrific images of various artifacts take from King Tut's tomb.
Episode: A
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