This review contains very mild spoilers.
This is the 'Halloween episode' of the series.
It is fun looking for all the busts and props from various other Hercules and Xena episodes in Salmoneus' 'House of Horrors' (a good freeze frame is needed to spot them all).
The Mummy itself is a good bit of costume and make-up, and the best thing about the episode; it looks really scary to the point of probably being one of the scariest monsters to appear in the series. But sadly, beyond that, this episode doesn't amount to all that much.
Things seem set to liven up mid-episode as Hercules and Princess Anuket encounter Cecrops' ghost, only for it to turn out to be an illusion (and was it me, or was it never fully explained?).
The mid-episode battle with the mummy, and the final unraveling concluding battle are fair, but without a decent plot behind them, sadly don't add up to much.
The conclusion of the story, with Princess Anuket suddenly changing her mind and vowing to stop slavery, seemed very abrupt, like they were struggling to think of a positive note to end with.
I wanted to like this episode, I really did, but I just found that it was very silly, and far too thin on any real plot. There just seemed to be a lot of running around and the odd mild scare for 45 minutes, almost like an extended episode of 'Scooby-Doo'. I found 'Xena: Warrior Princess's Halloween episode, 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun', much more enjoyable.moreless
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Episode Summary
Awakened by robbers, the mummy Ishtar walked again. Hercules set out to find the mummy with Ishtar's descendant, Princess Anuket. But the evil Sokar was also after the mummy. Sokar acquired the mummy's powerful golden pendant known as the ankh from Salmoneus and prepared to take over the Egyptian throne with the unwilling Anuket at his side. But Sokar was killed by the mummy, who absorbed his life force and grew to enormous size. Hercules defeated the mummy by giving the wrappings a mighty yank, unraveling the corpse. The skeleton spun helplessly into a pool of hot wax.moreless
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Kevin Sorbo
Hercules
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Robert Trebor
Salmoneus
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Mark Newnham
Mummy
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Salmoneus' House of Horrors includes figures of the God Proteus ("The Protean Challenge"), Echidna ("The Mother of All Monsters"), Dagnine the Centaur (Xena episode "Orphan of War"), a skeleton, a baby centaur (Xena episode "Is There A Doctor In The House?"), and busts of the God Bacchus (Xena episode "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"), the Minotaur ("Hercules In The Maze Of The Minotaur"), two heads of Orpheus (Xena episode "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"), and a cyclops ("Eye Of The Beholder").
Edit - Disclaimer: Any similarity between our Mummy and the foot-dragging classic we all know and love is purely intentional. Edit
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ADD QUOTES- Hercules: (When Anuket says he's the one she needs) The right one for what? Anuket: To find my mummy. Hercules: Your mommy? Anuket: Not my mommy. My mummy. Edit
- Anuket: Hercules, come, sit, enjoy! Hercules: Not on your life, lady. Anuket: I will not be insulted! Hercules: I think you just were. Edit
- Hercules: (Pulling away from Anuket, who's in kissing distance) I better go find my mommy, I mean, your mummy. Edit
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ADD ALLUSIONS- Sokar: (dragging Anuket) Walk like an Egyptian! This is a reference to the eighties hit song called "Walk Like An Egyptian" by the group The Bangles. Edit
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