Dawn of the Mummy is a 1981 low-budget film direct by Frank Agrama

Frank Agrama

Frank Agrama , also known and credited by his birth name Farouk Agrama, is a director, producer and writer. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Harmony Gold USA, Inc...

, who also served as writer and producer on the film.

Synopsis

A group of fashion models travels to Egypt

Egypt

Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

 for a fashion shoot. While shooting in a tomb, the models accidentally revive an ancient curse which awakens a mummy and its band of flesh-eating zombies.

Cast

• Brenda King as Lisa
• Barry Sattels as Rick
• George Peck as Bill
• John Salvo as Gary
• Ibrahim Khan as Karib
• Joan Levy as Jenny
• Ellen Faison as Melinda
• Dianne Beatty as Joan
• Ali Gohar as Tarak
• Ahmed Rateb as Omar
• Bahar Saied
• Ali Azab
• Ahamed Labab as Ahamed
• Laila Nasr as High Priestess/Old Hag

Releases

Dawn of the Mummy has been released on VHS

VHS

The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....

 and DVD

DVD

A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

 format. The film was released on region 1 by Madacy Entertainment

Madacy Entertainment

Madacy Entertainment is a company based in Mount Royal, Quebec that publishes DVDs, CDs, and formerly VHS tapes. Most of the products are frequently seen in Walmart, Best Buy and other discount stores in the United States and Canada, often at low retail prices, as compared to releases by major labels...

, as a VHS transfer. The packaging is said to list the film's Theatrical Trailer and other Theatrical Trailers, although there is only one on the disc, it is not for the main feature, it is of a 1997 film, Road Ends. It does however feature an audio commentary track by director Frank Agrama.

The film was released uncut in the UK by Anchor Bay Entertainment

Anchor Bay Entertainment

Anchor Bay Entertainment is a U.S. based home entertainment and production company and is a division of Starz Media, which is a unit of Starz, LLC. It was previously owned by IDT Entertainment until 2006 when IDT was purchased by Starz Media. Anchor Bay markets and sells feature films, series,...

. It features an anamorphic widescreen 1.77:1 transfer, plus the 4:3 full screen transfer, DTS Digital Surround, Dolby Digital

Dolby Digital

Dolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints...

2.0 & 5.1 Surround. The extras include Director's Audio Commentary, Stills Gallery, Production Notes and Trailer.