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Retro Review: The Mummy's Ghost

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Synopsis The Mummy terrorizes New England. Again. Wash, rinse, repeat. Review This movie is almost an exact copy of the previous film, The Mummy's Tomb , which I enjoyed (read my review  here  -- shameless plug). So why didn't I like this one ? For starters, I didn't find any of the characters likable. The plot was too similar to the previous film -- I was hoping for something different this time around. This was just more of the same. There's an additional plot twist this time around, with the main character ( Biff? Joe? Butch? ) having a girlfriend of Egyptian descent who has a strange connection to the Mummy and (SPOILER) is the reincarnation of the Mummy's old love...which was part of he plot of the original  film. It did  have an ending I didn't expect. I'll give it that  much. It just felt like a rehash. Also, I'm not sure why it was called The Mummy's Ghost .  Unless I missed something, he was just the same old undead Mummy we'