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Ending (spoiler)

posted 18 years ago by Jiiimbooh
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I thought the mummy wasn't hurt by bullets, yet he is killed by bullets at the end?

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[–] DJMan-51 18 years ago

It was established that a bullet could drill through Kharis, though it didn't mortally wound him. At the film's conclusion, they blew most of his head away with multiple gunshots. Tough as he was, there's not much you can do headless.

(How's that for logic?)

[–] vpilutis 17 years ago

While I know there wouldn't be much story left, in the Karloff Mummy,
David Manners could've taken an ax and took his head off when he wasn't looking.

[–] rarema 15 years ago

I think the mummy died of a broken heart...

[–] mlaughlin22 14 years ago

I wonder how they are supposed to move after a few thousand years.
There probably was no muscle there no matter how good he was preserved.

[–] 14 years ago

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[–] mlaughlin22 14 years ago

Christan Slater lampshaded it . He just unwrapped the Mummy and
threw the bones and wrappings in the fireplace.

[–] Prismark10 9 years ago

It seems to have been shot multiple times and then drown.

Its that man again!!

[–] Boromir007 9 years ago

There seem to be two possibilities:

1. He was shot in the head, which could have killed him in the same way Romero's zombies die.

2. He got hit by bullets, lost his balance and got stuck in a mire where he couldn't get out of and then sunk into swamp.

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