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The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1993)

av R. L. Stine

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Lost in an Egyptian pyramid, twelve-year-old Gabe and his cousin Sari find they are not alone.
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I cant count how many times I re-read this one at its sequel,[b:Return of the Mummy|460505|Return of the Mummy (Goosebumps, #23)|R.L. Stine|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1174950877s/460505.jpg|448948].Maybe I wouldnt find it as scary if iI re-read it now,but at the time it was pretty spooky.

Also became a little bit obsessed about reading books about Ancient Egypt around this time-so it might have been the start of it ;) ( )
  Litrvixen | Jun 23, 2022 |
#5 "What will wake the dead?"
Gabe is stuck with his annoying cousin and his uncle in Egypt. His uncle is an archaeologist working on a new chamber inside the Great Pyramid. When Gabe and his cousin go exploring things they learn a terrible secret. But when Gabe gets lost inside the pyramid chambers, things take a dangerous turn. Is the curse of the Mummy real? Is Gabe being pursued by something supernatural? ( )
  SumisBooks | Oct 2, 2018 |
So, this was actually one of the better Goosebumps books so far. I'm actually kind of sad that I didn't read this when I was at a far more appropriate age to be reading Goosebumps books. While Gabe is an insufferable little brat in the beginning of the book (and let's face it, Sari isn't much better) and his Uncle proves criminally negligent when they're actually in the pyramid, the scares in this book are more potent than might be thought.

The descriptions of the pyramid itself, thousands of winding tunnels, dead ends, unexplored chambers - the fear of being lost there in the oppressive dark with thousands of years of accumulated dust and grime, scorpions of mummies. It's good stuff, and to the child's imagination likely incredibly potent. Add some old cults into the picture, burning tar, the descriptions of how mummies were made, etc.

Very fun children's horror. ( )
1 rösta Lepophagus | Jun 14, 2018 |
Most of the thrill in this was from a human monster rather than a supernatural one, which made it a little different. However, I cannot believe that an archaeologist would say "mummy case" instead of "sarcophagus", a word that many middle schoolers should have come across at some point in history. ( )
  bookwyrmm | May 18, 2018 |
## What will wake the dead?

It's Christmas vacation, and Gabe Sabry is offered the adventure of a lifetime: To accompany his uncle Ben into unknown archaeological territory. A new series of secret chambers have been found deep underneath the Great Pyramids of Egypt, and Ben's research crew is given exclusive access -- along with Gabe and Ben's daughter, Sari. As they uncover the hidden rooms, however, the work crew starts coming down with a mysterious illness. There's talk of a centuries-old curse to any who attempt invading the tomb's confines (explaining why it's yet to be pillaged). Relenting against superstition, Uncle Ben and his family push onward, discovering yet more tombs full of past explorers -- a plethora of corpses denoting the curse's long record of victims. Unfortunately for Gabe and his family, it looks like the curse has its rotted, eye-less pits focused directly on them next.

[N.B. This review includes images, and was formatted for my site, dendrobibliography -- located here.]

Cultural appropriation is always tacky, and it's tacky here. Any story about Egyptian mummies and cursed corpses is inherently going to have that against it. Being an ode to classic pulp adventures, however, with its story carved out of classic horror movies like Karl Freund and Boris Karloff's the Mummy (1932) may alleviate these issues, depending on the reader. (I can't say the same for the sequel, Return of the Mummy, which belittles modern-day Egypt a bit too frequently to otherwise tell the exact same story.)

Still, readers get a romantic story of exotic adventure, full of traps, international museums, deadly scorpions, secret passages -- all the pulpy cliches a mummy tale should provide. There's just something about ancient Egypt that I found (and still find) enthralling when I originally read this in the '90s. Sure, it's silly to think anyone could find new, untouched tombs in the Great Pyramids today, or that all of Egypt can be condensed to a few obnoxious, belittling stereotypes, but Gabe and Sari's adventures are perfectly pulpy and exciting, nonetheless. I wish mummies were more mythologized to remove these issues, because I love the concept and atmosphere they offer, even when the result is ridiculous Brendan Fraser movies.

R.L. Stine's Goosebumps (1992–1997):
#4 Say Cheese and Die! | #6 Let's Get Invisible! ( )
1 rösta tootstorm | Oct 10, 2016 |
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