The Awakening (1980)
Note: this print runs 93 minutes against a recorded 105 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Charlton Heston, Susannah York, Jill Townsend, Stephanie Zimbalist, Ian McDiarmid, Ahmed Osman, Miriam Margolyes, Ahmed Osman
Directed by Mike Newell
The Awakening is a 1980 supernatural horror film directed by Mike Newell in his feature directorial debut, and starring Charlton Heston, Susannah York, and Stephanie Zimbalist. The film follows an archeologist whose daughter becomes possessed by an ancient Egyptian queen. It is the third film version of Bram Stoker's 1903 novel The Jewel of Seven Stars, following the 1970 television adaptation as The Curse of the Mummy for the TV series Mystery and Imagination, and the 1971 theatrical film by Hammer, Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (in which Ahmed Osman also appeared).
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.
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