BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY’S TOMB
Director - Seth Holt & Michael Carreras, Screenplay - Christopher Wicking, Based on the novel Jewel Of The Seven Stars by Bram Stoker, Cinematography - Arthur Grant, Music - Tristram Cary, Makeup - Eddie Knight, Production design - Scott MacGregor, Special effects - Michael Collins. Hammer. 1971.

Cast: Andrew Keir (Prof. Julian Fuchs), Valerie Leon (Margaret Fuchs/Queen Tera), James Villiers (Corbeck), Hugh Burden (Geoffrey Dandridge), George Coulouris (Prof. Berrigan), Mark Edwards (Tod Browning) Rosalie Crutchley (Helen Dickerson)

            The story has Professor Julian Fuchs, an archaeologist, discovering the tomb of Tera, who centuries earlier had been an evil queen in Egypt. Told in flashback, we learn that her hand was severed at the wrist and on that hand, she wote a large Ruby ring. According to the legend, that ring gave Tera her mystical evil powers. Tera was sealed up in her tomb until Fuchs had re-opened it
      Professor Fuchs leaves the ring with his daughter, Margaret, (played by Valerie Leon, who also played Queen Tera) for safety. The spiritual form of Tera possesses Margaret, and under the queen’s powers, Margaret destroys those who desecrated the tomb and recovers her jewels.
      In the climax of the film, Margaret, physically attempts to resuscitate Tera’s unholy remains by reading rhe Scroll of Life and by performing a ritual. She conjures up several demons from Egyptian history. Her corpse collapses to dust, which means that either Margaret was unsuccessful in her attempt to revive Tera, or that the evil Queen was successful in surviving the ritual and now lives within Margaret’s body. The film leaves it up to the audience to decide.