I Was a Teenage Mummy (1992) User Reviews

Great Idea but really bad execution of teenage monster films

[alanbobet · 1/10 · 27 March 2009]

I Was A Teenage Mummy has the genesis of a great idea:the spoofing/homage of the popular 1950's teenage monster movie cycle started by AIP's I Was A Teenage Werewolf & I Was A Teenage Frankenstein, but the final product is a dismal mess and something of a disappointment, both as horror film and a spoof. The acting of all the participants in the film is abysmal and so is the script, nonexistent editing, camera-work and direction. The only good thing in the film is the 50's type of rock and roll music performed by the A-Bones and the makeup of the female Teenage Mummy and thankfully the movie isn't more than 48 minutes. There was another independent film version of I Was A Teenage Mummy made in 1962 with a male Teenage Mummy and that film has got to be much better than this mess of a film! Another poster on this board said that this film is better than The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, but in my honest opinion, I sincerely digress. since Cadavra is a much more enjoyable homage to 50's horror films than "Teenage Mummy" and it succeeds in what it sets out to do, even with it's small budget, while the other film doesn't.