This Day in Halloween: Hammer films mummy movie "The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb" opens across the U.S. in 1964. / Illustration by Remmick Wadsworth
The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb opens across the U.S. in 1964. The second in the Hammer Films mummy movie franchise is produced, written and directed by Michael Carreras, son of Hammer founder James Carreras. The film is a success despite mixed reviews.