This is a definitely better movie than the previous Unviversal movie entry The Mummy's Tomb from 2 years earlier (see my earlier review).
Both the story and characters are better developed this time. Although this doesn't mean that the actual story is really that special but at least they put some effort in it.
This entry has the High Priest Yousef Bey (John Carradine) being assigned the task of going to America to retrieve the mummies of Kharis and his queen Ananka. Hero Tom Hervey (Robert Lowery) is courting a beautiful Egyptian by the name of Amina Mansouri (Ramsay Ames). Meanwhile Yousef Bey sets about arranging to take the two mummies back to Egypt. To this end, he unleashes Kharis upon the community to murder anyone who stands in their way.
At the same time Amina starts to experience blackouts as she is being gradually taken over by the spirit of Ananka (the "ghost" of the title) to become the re-incarnation of Queen Ananka. This suddenly becomes a point of issue between Kharis and Yousef Bey until......
Becoming a "B" movie second feature series, the films did nonetheless benefit from Universal's expertise in making this kind of film. Although it features a "B" list cast and runs a scant 61 minutes, it is still an entertaining way to spend an hour.
Lon Chaney would continue in the role of the Mummy in "The Mummy's Curse" (1944) the final film in the series.
A perfectly watchable mummy-entry, and a great way to spend a rainy Saturday night.
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