The Threat of the Mummy

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Hailey Day Stephenson and Lori Barrett in The Threat of the Mummy

Poster for The Threat of the Mummy

The Threat of the Mummy (2002) is a 106 minute movie created by Christopher Jacobs.

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When a graduate student gets permission to unwrap an Egyptian mummy for her dissertation, activists steal the body to give it the ancient burial rites but inadvertently bring it back to life. Far from ravaging the countryside, however, this charismatic revived mummy has a carefully planned agenda to gain political control of the world.

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The Threat of the Mummy was shot in July 2001, in and around Grand Forks but largely on the campus of the University of North Dakota. The office of Dr. Casey Wallace was the actual Merrifield Hall office of Walter Ellis. Classroom scenes were shot in Merrifield Room 116, the room normally used for Intro to Film classes. The mummy unwrapping sequence was shot in the lecture bowl at Witmer Hall. The dance studio in Chandler Hall was dressed to serve as Diana's apartment, one of the central locations for both this movie and its sequel. Library scenes were in UND's Chester Fritz Library. Museum and coffeeshop scenes were shot at the North Dakota Museum of Art. Restaurant scenes were shot at the Down Under Pub.

A 116-minute roughcut was edited by December 2001 and the 106-minute finecut premiered in April 2002 at the Empire Theatre. After the premiere party, the cast decided to go ahead with a sequel, Vengeance of the Sorceress, which was written over the next few weeks and started shooting in May 2002.

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Darin Kerr.... Caesarion
Dawn Kidle.... Tammy Gardner
Paul Kelly.... Prof. Casey Wallace
Sarah Davis.... Diana Alexander
Kelly Clow.... Geoff
Walter Ellis.... Prof. Bob Hobson
Christian Clapp.... Nikki
Jennifer Leroux.... Rachael
Hailey Day Stephenson.... Hailey
Lori Barrett.... Lori
Jen Naas.... Jen
Geneva Bondy.... Artemis (Egypt flashback)
Meghann Rezabek.... TV Reporter
Darci Delage.... TV Talk Show Host
Kevin Young.... TV News Anchor

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Written, Produced, and Directed by Christopher P. Jacobs

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Part of the Ancient Egyptian artifact display at the North Dakota Museum of Art created for The Threat of the Mummy	Walter Ellis as Professor Bob Hobson	Protestors discuss the mummy unwrapping at a local coffeeshop.	When the ancient words are read, the mummy (Darin Kerr) awakens and realizes Diana (Sarah Davis) understands his queries in Greek and Latin.
Geoff (Kelly Clow) and Diana (Sarah Davis) disagree about how to deal with the revived mummy.	Diana (Sarah Davis) and the revived Caesarion (Darin Kerr) drink a potion that will allow them to communicate with the netherworld.	Casey (Paul Kelly) and Tammy (Dawn Kidle) discuss the recent progression of events.	Diana (Sarah Davis) and Tammy (Dawn Kidle) have a serious confrontation regarding Caesarion.