The Mummy Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details

8 of the most interesting The Mummy easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of The Mummy movie message.

Trivia Easter Eggs Hidden Scenes
The Mummy poster
The Mummy poster
The Mummy Plot

At an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hamunaptra, an American serving in the French Foreign Legion accidentally awakens a mummy who begins to wreck havoc as he searches for the reincarnation of his long-lost love.

Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director Stephen Sommers
Stars Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo
IMDB score 7.0

The Mummy Movie Trivia

The library disaster (where the bookshelves toppled over) was done in one take. If a mistake had been made, it would have taken an entire day to re-shoot.

The snake that Evie kicks away is actually a breed of milk snake, which is not venomous.

The Mummy Movie Easter Eggs

1 - One of the characters gets hit in the head with the Book of the Dead from the 1999 The Mummy

One of the characters gets hit in the head with the Book of the Dead from the 1999 The Mummy

The Mummy movie hidden details

Imhotep mistakes Evie as his lover, Anck-Su-Namun because he needs glasses. He took Mr. Burns's eyes, and Mr. Burns is basically blind without glasses. You can see Imhotep squinting at Evie and asking her questioningly if she's Anck-Su-Namun.

; When the waters of Egypt turn to blood, the men taking shots of alcohol spit their drinks at the taste of blood. This indicates their drinks were watered down.

O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) bets that he'll beat the Americans in the competing camp to Hamunaptra. He makes this bet because he has camels and they have horses. Camels have a top speed of 40 MPH while horses top out at around 30 MPH. He ends up winning the bet.

Which was supposed to kickstart a connected universe of Universal monsters, there is a severed arm belonging to the Gill-man, from the classic movie Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Dr. Strangelove in the Mummy Returns.

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