Time Walker (1982)

An alien, buried in King Tut's tomb, terrorizes a college campus.

Director:

Tom Kennedy

Writers:

Jason Williams (story), Tom Friedman (story)

Stars:

Ben Murphy, Nina Axelrod, Kevin Brophy

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ben Murphy	...	Prof. Douglas McCadden
Nina Axelrod	...	Susie Fuller
Kevin Brophy	...	Peter Sharpe
Robert Random	...	Jack Parker
James Karen	...	Dr. Wendell J. Rossmore
Sam Chew Jr.	...	Dr. Bruce Serrano
Melissa Prophet	...	Jennie
Austin Stoker	...	Dr. Ken Melrose
Gerard Prendergast	...	Greg Hauser
Shari Belafonte	...	Linda Flores (as Shari Belafonte-Harper)
Antoinette Bower	...	Dr. Hayworth
Darwin Joston	...	Lt. Plummer
Greta Blackburn	...	Sherri
John Lavachielli	...	Bill Vogler
Clint Young	...	Capt. Willoughby

Storyline

Professor Doug McCadden is in charge of opening his university's latest acquisition - a sealed Egyptian sarcophagus. Opening it reveals an ancient mummy and a mold substance which proves to eat the flesh of anyone touching it. Later, sneaky student Pete Sharpe finds five hidden jewels in the bottom of the casket and distributes them to various co-eds on campus, not realizing the mummy, recently revived with an overdose of x-rays, is bound and determined to reclaim them. McCadden, who has carefully analyzed x-rays taken of the mummy, comes to the reluctant conclusion that it is not what it seems.

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Plot Keywords:

mummy | sarcophagus | fungus | gem | x ray | 

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Taglines:

Nothing can stop him, not even time.

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 November 1982 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pharaoh

Filming Locations:

California State University Northridge - 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$750,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Byzantine Productions, Wescom Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Made with a non-union crew.

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Goofs

Bill is holding the crystal necklace in one hand when the mummy sneaks up on him, swipes the necklace, and kills him by hurling him into a wall. However, in the scene in Suzy's hospital room, Dr. Melrose says that "according to the coroner", Bill was wearing the necklace when he died.

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Crazy Credits

End title card: "TO BE CONTINUED..."

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Alternate Versions

The MST3K version replaces the original title cards with new titles.

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Connections

Featured in Time Walker with Producer Dimitri Villard (2011)

User Reviews

Boring From Another Planet

This not-very-good mummy-alien flick does feature a cornucopia of your favorite movie stars like BEN MURPHY ("Riding With Death"!), Bob Random ("Village of the Giants"!), Darwin Joston (Napolean in "Assault on Precinct 13"!), Austin Stoker (Bishop in "Assault on Precinct 13"!) as Dr. Ken Melrose, Nina Axelrod ("Motel Hell"), Shari Belafonte-Harper (who was a voice on "Rick Moranis in Gravedale High"!!!), Clint Young ("Rape Squad", "Switchblade Sisters"), and best of all, Pathmark pitchman JAMES KAREN ("Poltergiest", "Return of the Living Dead")!

The plot is this: A priceless sarcophagus has been recovered in King Tut's tomb. Of course, it's taken to a small college in California where bumbling students can manhandle it and screw up X-raying it, instead of, oh, say, a museum. One loathsome, video-game loving student steals some diamond-type-thingees from the sarcophagus, sending the mummy on a poorly planned killing spree to get them back. For some reason, no one can catch a glimpse of the slow-moving, glowing mummy as it lumbers from killing to killing on the college campus.

This movie isn't very good. Not much happenens, except for some funny scenes where teens touch some radioactive goo on the mummy and start to get fungus growing all over them. The party scene with a bunch of obnoxious students dressed as mummys is also grating, and all James Karen does is mope and yell at Ben Murphy.

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