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:

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)

Gross USA:

$426,284

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

Riffed by MST3K as "Being From Another Planet".

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Goofs

At the 1:10 mark the girl goes into the library. She is wearing a bracelet made up with the alien gem. The alien comes into the library, and the girls starts running. She goes through some doors and runs down a long hallway. The camera shows the alien's point of view coming up behind the girl, then the camera switches to a frontal shot of the girl running away, but in all the frontal shots of the girl the alien is not behind her in the hallway.

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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 Actor Kevin Brophy (2011)

User Reviews

Just another re-packaged cheapie that's MST3K fodder

I've probably seen more of this from the Best Brains' treatment than of the film in its own,un-touched product,but what I saw of it un-touched,I can honestly say that it's the kind of movie that would ELICIT a wise-ass,ripping reaction from any viewer.

A multi-millenia aged Mummy is un-earthed and finds its way onto an un-specific college campus,where it proceeds to terrorize the denizens searching for jewels that have been stolen from it. Of course,there are ulterior reasons for the Mummy's quest and,as per any show of this ilk,there are "experts" and at least one attractive young lady who are in on(or in the way of)the pursuit.

Featuring a fading Ben Murphy("Alias Smith and JOnes" and the short-lived '80s big idea show "Lottery!"),veteran character actors Kevin Brophy and Nina Aexlrod and a then-unknown model-actress named Shari Belafonte,not to mention a slough of cheap special effects(even for 1982),this movie probably doesn't need any "extra" stuff,but you might want it anyway.