Mummy

Pros: Lee's performance
Cons: Production quality. Silly use of color. NO blood!

After stunning the world, and completely and irrevocably changing the manner in which horror movies were made with its release of The Curse of Frankenstein, Hammer Films outdid itself with the superior, and to many (this reviewer included) ...

Pros: The best this movie has ever looked, and an essential film for horror fans.
Cons: Bare-bones DVD - this release is all about the movie, and we get no extras.

The Mummy (1959)
1959, directed by Terence Fisher, released by Warner Brothers

Movie
A mummy movie without Brendan Fraser, or fancy CGI effects? Yes! This is Hammer Studio's take on the mummy mythos, and follows their...

Pros: Lee, Cushing, and Hammer Style at its peak!
Cons: Usual budget problems.

Easily the best of Hammer's long and not very distinguished series of Mummy films. Full of atmosphere & style, following their agreement with Universal Films. Great action scenes with Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee. Also features a very pretty leading lady, so good story, bags of Hammer style - what more could you ask for? The poster art is famous for featuring a scene NOT in the final film!