Another character falls off a balcony, struggles to move and then is impaled by a chart of glass that they accidentally loosen. One gruesome death has a man falling off the platform of a pyramid, swinging dangerously and falling further and faster, another inside of pyramid where a "Raiders of the Lost Ark" type trap impales him. There are some memorable moments, particularly at the locations of presumed Egyptian pyramids, and several outside. She grows up to be Stephanie Zimbalist, scared of something she doesn't quite understand thanks to blackouts, blaming herself for the separation of her parents and his taking up with his lovely assistant Susannah York. The story surrounds the transition of the soul of an evil Egyptian queen into the newborn child of Heston and wife Jill Townsend. Slow pacing and weak performances (Charlton Heston, particularly, trying too hard to be commanding) are other weaknesses that contributed to this being a bomb in 1980.
Obviously influenced by that popular 1976 supernatural horror film, this update of a Brand Stoker novel has beautiful location footage, some really intense moments but not much else in the way of what makes a supernatural film memorable. Reviewed by mark.waltz 3 / 10 The birth scene alone should have been an omen.
As the truth becomes clear, the archaeologist realizes that he must destroy his daughter in a ceremonial ritual, before she uses her awesome powers to threaten the safety of mankind. Years later it transpires that the malevolent spirit of the Egyptian queen left the tomb just as he was entering, and possessed his baby girl. At the same moment he discovers the tomb and opens it's accursed seal, his wife gives birth to his daughter.
An American archaeologist is in Egypt with his pregnant wife, searching for the tomb of a long-lost Egyptian queen.