Lon Chaney Jr. dons the bandages again in this short entry in the Universal Monsters collection. Kharis the Mummy (Chaney) is once again wandering New England, working to protect the body of his beloved Princess Ananka.

It seems a new priest is on his way to America, Yousef Bey (John Carradine). He is supposed to reclaim Ananka and Karis, but when he sees Amina (Ramsay Ames), he believes she is the living reincarnation of Ananka.

Amina works in the local university that her fella, Tom (Robert Lowery)attends. Of Egyptian descent, she is suddenly filled with foreboding and suffering chills, as if sensing the proximity of the Mummy, and his new controller, Bey.

When Bey has Karis kidnap Amina, things spiral out of control (surprise) when Bey’s own desires for Amina get in the way of the Mummy’s purpose.

As wonderful as Chaney is as the Mummy, each of the films so far seem to be using the same plot. There’s a priest, a beautiful girl, and cross-purposes for the Mummy causing lots of problems for everyone as the being ambles through the American countryside.

I laughed aloud at the acceptance everyone in the town seemed to have of the Mummy wandering the neighborhood. One even offhandedly comments on how bad things got last time.

Tom gives Amina his dog for protection. He claims to love the little terrier but he doesn’t seem too upset about giving the pup away. Course he does think he’s going to end up with Amina, so I guess it’s not that bad.

Amina, as she has scare after scare, and slowly follows under Bey’s spell has her hair turn completely white!

Things aren’t going to go well for the would-be lovers though because Bey’s plan is going to cause so much havoc with the Mummy and the town, and everyone in it. Hopefully, there will be a happy ending of some kind, and no matter what happens to the Mummy at the end of this one, I’m sure he’ll be back!

It’s just a bit of a downer that the plot for each Mummy film seems to be the same as the first film in the series. It just keeps recycling the same story point, and doesn’t attempt to do anything new. And because of that, the Mummy as a monster never seems to get his due.

Oh well, they can’t all be winners, and no matter how enjoyable Chaney is, he doesn’t get his due as this character, because he is never given enough to do.

Let’s see what happens with The Mummy’s Curse, the next film in the Universal Monsters series.