The Awakening (1980)

R07/09/1980Horror1h 45m
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They thought they had buried her forever!

Overview

When a British archaeologist violates an Egyptian queen's tomb, her evil spirit enters his daughter.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Charlton Heston

    Matthew Corbeck

  2. Cast 1

    Susannah York

    Jane Turner

  3. Cast 1

    Jill Townsend

    Anne Corbeck

  4. Cast 1

    Stephanie Zimbalist

    Margaret Corbeck

  5. Cast 1

    Patrick Drury

    Paul Whittier

  6. Cast 1

    Bruce Myers

    Dr. Khalid

  7. Cast 1

    Nadim Sawalha

    Dr. El Sadek

  8. Cast 1

    Ian McDiarmid

    Dr. Richter

  9. Ahmed Osman

    Yussef

**_Heston and Zimbalist head this intelligent and subdued supernatural horror_** Shot in the summer of 1979, this was loosely based on Bram Stoker's 1903 novel “The Jewel of Seven Stars.” Hammer’s "Blood from the Mummy's Tomb" nine years prior was also loosely based on the book, and two others would come in the future: “Legend of the Mummy” (or “Bram Stoker’s Legend of the Mummy”) from 1998 and the indie “House of Ka” from 2023, the latter merely inspired by the book. It’s major studio supernatural horror in the tradition of “The Exorcist,” “The Omen” and “The Amityville Horror.” The fut...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget-

Revenue $8,415,112.00

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