One looks forward with vivid expectation to seeing how the centuries-dead creature will react to the sights and sounds of the present day. But the further the story goes, the more thoroughly it lapses into the worn-out hocus-pocus of melodrama.

| Oct 8, 2020

As in Frankenstein, Karloff's ability to communicate through his makeup is vital to establishing his character, even in human form, it's clearly pain and not incarnate evil that dictates his actions.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 8, 2020

An eerie, weirdly moving film about loneliness and the persistence of history.

| Oct 8, 2020

Thoroughly unreasonable hocus-pocus.

| Oct 21, 2010

The transformation of Karloff's Im-Ho-Tep from a clay-like figure in a coffin to a living thing is the highlight.

| Jul 6, 2010

The drama may be clumsy, but Freund's lighting is a wonder.

| Sep 19, 2007

The photography is superior to the dialogue.

| Aug 8, 2006

A sombre and atmospheric depiction of eternal passion and occult reincarnation.

| Jun 24, 2006