**CONTAINS SPOILERS**
In 1982 I saw this in the theater as the second movie in a double-feature. So, my total cost for this movie was $0. I overpaid.
The plot is terrible. NO one is going to believe that university professors will "mistakenly" find King Tut's tomb and a sarcophagus in it. From there, everything that happens makes even less sense. A Mummy goes after college students (one is topless, so I see how the T&A fans may have wanted it, but it is even too short to really justify that pretense) in search of crystals that appear to be light bulbs. THe mummy kills several (and after each kill, I found myself rooting for the mummy since fewer cast members meant we were getting closer to the end). The worst part, though,was the conclusion. After waiting for the movie to end, I was rewarded with a "To Be Continued." No, I'm not kidding. That really is how it ended in the theaters. Even the writer didn't know what to do with a "mummy gone wild." There is no sequel. The movie IS that bad.
However, somewhere along the lines, someone must have decided it could be fodder for a "made-for-TV" level movie, so it was renamed "Being From Another Planet" and an extra 15 minutes or so were added to wrap up the ending. As you might expect, it is very hastily added, and the quality is lacking. Should you want to watch this movie, I would recommend that version since it at least has an ending.
In 1992 (about 10 years after it released), Mystery Science Theater used it in one of their episodes and finally it got what it deserved - a funny soundtrack.
I did not see the MST 3K episode when it aired, and only learned of its treatment of this show after MST3K was off the air, so for two decades Time Walker was my all-time, worst ever movie. It had such a bad plot that it didn't even have an ending until one was slapped together to make it a TV movie. After watching the MST3K version, though, I was able to laugh through it.
If you like cheesy movies, watch this one with the robots on MST3K, or riff it yourself. Otherwise, save your time and avoid Time Walker.
In 1982 I saw this in the theater as the second movie in a double-feature. So, my total cost for this movie was $0. I overpaid.
The plot is terrible. NO one is going to believe that university professors will "mistakenly" find King Tut's tomb and a sarcophagus in it. From there, everything that happens makes even less sense. A Mummy goes after college students (one is topless, so I see how the T&A fans may have wanted it, but it is even too short to really justify that pretense) in search of crystals that appear to be light bulbs. THe mummy kills several (and after each kill, I found myself rooting for the mummy since fewer cast members meant we were getting closer to the end). The worst part, though,was the conclusion. After waiting for the movie to end, I was rewarded with a "To Be Continued." No, I'm not kidding. That really is how it ended in the theaters. Even the writer didn't know what to do with a "mummy gone wild." There is no sequel. The movie IS that bad.
However, somewhere along the lines, someone must have decided it could be fodder for a "made-for-TV" level movie, so it was renamed "Being From Another Planet" and an extra 15 minutes or so were added to wrap up the ending. As you might expect, it is very hastily added, and the quality is lacking. Should you want to watch this movie, I would recommend that version since it at least has an ending.
In 1992 (about 10 years after it released), Mystery Science Theater used it in one of their episodes and finally it got what it deserved - a funny soundtrack.
I did not see the MST 3K episode when it aired, and only learned of its treatment of this show after MST3K was off the air, so for two decades Time Walker was my all-time, worst ever movie. It had such a bad plot that it didn't even have an ending until one was slapped together to make it a TV movie. After watching the MST3K version, though, I was able to laugh through it.
If you like cheesy movies, watch this one with the robots on MST3K, or riff it yourself. Otherwise, save your time and avoid Time Walker.