La Momia Azteca (The Aztec Mummy), Part 3 -- the end, unless you follow the links to the sequels -- Garbo

 Over the last two weeks, we've been looking at a 1957 trio of movies about the Aztec Mummy. The films were all shot at the same time, then divided up into a trilogy.

 I began this three-part series on "The Aztec Mummy" and its sequels just before the group blog shifted to the current site. To  see Part 1, go to the Year 3 blog site.  And you can find Part 2 HERE.
 

To continue with the past-life recall during a hypnotherapy session, we are now at a sacred temple which offers a place to dance, a place to sacrifice young women, and a place to keep spare mummies.

 

We are getting a 1950's view from non-native people about what native ceremonies and cultural practices were like. Some of this movie version is kinda cool, but is it authentic or accurate? I'm gonna say no on that.

                                                                

 

 

Our heroine will now face her original sacrificial fate, but with less community support now.  There's a musical soundtrack, anyway.

As in so many of these prom-night-gone-wrong flicks, the other girls dance around the victim and toss corn shucks at her head. 

Then things get worse. Much worse.

What a long strange trip it's been for our heroine, who's just been ritually stabbed through the heart. Ouch.She's got some nightmare residue as the hypnosis and/or drugs wear off.

Usually they give you the mask to put you to sleep, not wake you up. Whatever.

The guy monitoring the gas meter thingie is depicted as both an egghead and a sissy who faints, though I prefer to think of him as smart and empathetic.

 

And there he goes. Hope he didn't break is nerd glasses.

 

 

 

 

Our hypnotic subject, in PTSD hell, has been  told by both her scientist boyfriend and her physician father to calm down. Easy for them to say. At least she's got a striped blanket on her now as she lies on the sofa. I hope they let her watch game shows yhile she's home sick from past-life recall.

 

Ancient memories of ritual death are hard on a person. 

 

 

 

 

And oh yeah, You Know Who is still lurking about.

 

 

 

 

 

 

His unsupervised hoodlum gang forgot about the boss's lurking  habit and they are fooling around. They're gonna get in trou-ble...

Back at the mansion, I fear some Mad Science is on the way.

 

Our recovered heroine has seen a mummy movie before, and she knows how this will go. 

Since we haven't encountered the mummy yet, we viewers also know that the tomb is slated for desecration. So let's skip ahead to mummy fighting.

 

And our herroine is back on the altar again. Wasn't once enough? Sheesh. 

The Aztec Mummy's still alive from the potion the priest gave him. Oh, and crazy. The ritual victim's father has a glow-in-the-dark crucifix with him. He  figures if it'll work on vampires...

 

Now both the Mummy and the Daddy are dead.

 

 

 

 

 

Old guy dead, nerd guy lonely, loving couple at the center of everything. As usual.  Everybody's happy because it worked out so well. Oh, and The Bat was unmasked, but no spoilers.

 

 Looks like we're at the end.

 

But wait, there's more!!  The sequel, "Curse of the Aztec Mummy," is on YouTube:

 

 

So is the sequel to the sequel. You'll find the  regular version of "The Aztec Mummy vs. The Robot Monster" below. You can also search for the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version.

 

 

Next week: nothing involving mummies.