Michael Lutz in Ancient Evil: Scream of the Mummy (1999)

The Film

 Six archeology students are spending the summer at an isolated rural compound with their college professor, working on an exciting discovery: an ancient mummy, found in the ruins of a temple. Little do they realize that the mummy was the servant of the Rain God, and that one of them has the ability to bring it back to life to exact its master's deadly revenge. Trapped inside of the compound with the murderous, unstoppable creature, they must join forces to destroy the monster, or allow it to carry out its plans to annihilate all mankind.—IMDB Synopsis

I guess the strain from previous months is having an effect on my recent movie selection; I just want to watch something easy on the brain—anything emotionally driven, action packed or complicatedly plotted are out of the window. It is in moment like this I turn to my treasure cove of guilty pleasure- "early" films of David Decoteau. I have to emphasize the word "early" because I found his recent works lacking the campy, fun factor. Maybe now the homoerotic undertone of his films is being brought to the surface, explicitly expressed and promoted as gearing toward an audience appreciating the male flesh, it lost the pleasant surprise of being rewarded a random erotic moment in the middle of a typical genre film. (Besides, the actors he hires nowadays are just not as hot!)

Someone needs to keep his bulge under control

Mr. Lutz shows up a couple times in films of David Decoteau, the last time I saw him was in Leeches, but it is in this film where his physique really shines. Even when he has his clothes on, it is probably the thinnest white tank mankind had ever made! With the typical lingering shots of man in their undies, Decoteau style, you get yourself a horribly scripted and acted film, but oh so worth it! 

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