The Awakening (1980)
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English archaeologist Matthew Corbeck (played by the emphatically-American Charlton Heston) undertakes an expedition to find the tomb of the Egyptian princess Kara, despite his awareness of a nefarious curse that is said to befall anyone who disturbs the tomb. Eighteen years after Corbeck's discovery of the burial site, his teenage daughter (who was born at the very moment of the tomb's violation) begins to behave strangely. Turns out she's been possessed by Kara's malevolent spirit, carrying out the princess's revenge by causing several deaths and developing a less-than-healthy obsession with Daddy. Based very loosely on Bram Stoker's novel The Jewel of Seven Stars (itself the inspiration for Hammer's superior Blood from the Mummy's Tomb), this is basically Warner Brothers' attempt to jump on the big-budget horror bandwagon in the wake of The Omen's staggering success. The result is a good-looking but artistically hollow film -- with elaborate sets, lush cinematography and a sweeping musical score, but little in the way of logic or suspense. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Charlton Heston - Matthew Corbeck
- Jill Townsend - Anne Corbeck
- Patrick Drury - Paul Whittier
- Nadim Sawalha - Dr. El Sadek
- Michael Halphie
- Leonard Maguire - John
- Ishia Bennison - Nurse
- Madhav Sharma - Doctor
- Miriam Margolyes - Dr. Kadira
- Susannah York - Jane Turner
- Stephanie Zimbalist - Margaret Corbeck
- Bruce Myers - Dr. Khalid
- Ian McDiarmid - Dr. Richter
- Roger Kemp - Doctor
- Ahmed Osman - Yusef
- Christopher Fairbank - Porter
- Michael Mellinger - Hamid
- Director(s):
- Mike Newell
- Writer(s):
- Allan Scott, Gina Berriault, Clive Exton
- Producer(s):
- Robert Solo, Andrew Scheinman, Martin Shafer
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