An archaeologist has just unearthed the find of his
career, the tomb of Ramses II. The door to the tomb is
lettered with a curse, the mummy of the king who claimed
to be immortal lies shriveled inside. The archaeologist
dies and the treasures are shipped to his daughter Julie
in England, who finds that the mummy comes to life as a
perfect man. Julie grows to love him and introduces him to
modern life, including the museums that purport to
reconstruct his time. He becomes disturbed and disgusted
with the modern portrayal of his beloved Cleopatra. Ramses
and Julie, her ex-fiance and his father Elliott in tow,
travel to Egypt. There, Ramses is further upset by the
tourist flavor given to his ancient civilization. In one
of the museums, he recognizes an "unknown" mummified woman
as his beloved Cleopatra. One night, he returns with the
immortality elixir and raises her from the dead. But
Cleopatra is not restored to her beautiful body or mind.
She is a horrid monster, a walking corpse of rotting flesh
and a disoriented mind that kills without mercy. Ramses
abandons her, leaving her to Elliott, not realizing that
he too is in peril. All in the party partake of the
elixir, with Cleopatra and Ramses in the shadows.
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