‘The curse is unearthed’
American Mummy – aka Aztec Blood – is a 2014 supernatural American horror film directed by Charles Pinion (We Await; Red Spirit Lake; Twisted Issues) from a screenplay co-written with producer Greg Salman. It stars Suziey Block, Aidan Bristow, Aaron Burt.
At an archaeological dig in the New Mexico desert, a group of university students unearth a mummy wearing a fearsome mask made out of a human skull.
Carmen (Esther Canata), a graduate student steeped in apocalyptic scholarship, performs a secret, bloody rite above the ancient corpse, awakening the spirit of Tezcalipoca, Lord of the Smoking Mirror.
The camp and its occupants are soon filled with the blood-hungry spirit of Tezcalipoca, intent on spreading his evil to the world…
Wild Eye Releasing is unleashing American Mummy on 3D + 2D Blu-ray and standard DVD on May 9, 2017.
Main cast:
Suziey Block (Dude Bro Party Massacre III; Exquisite Corpse; Entrance), Aidan Bristow, Aaron Burt, Esther Canata, Erin Condry, Rudy Marquez, Peter Marr.
Filming locations:
Cougar Buttes, Lucerne Valley, Apple Valley and Northridge, California, USA
Related: The Shuffling Saga of The Mummy on Screen – article by Daz Lawrence
