Chris Samworth

Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to the countryside with his wife and young son, hoping for a fresh start. He has a teaching job lined up and a new home to move into; things finally look to be going Ben's way. Until, that is, he starts to feel that something isn't quite right in the house. Finding himself plagued by spectral visions, Ben becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind a local mystery that appears to be putting the lives of his family in danger

今から約3000年前。大神官イムホテップはセティ1世の愛人であるアナクスナムンと恋に落ちる。セティ1世から仲を疑われた2人はとっさに彼を殺害。イムホテップはアナクスナムンを生き返らせることを彼女に約束し逃亡、アナクスナムンは自害する。死者の都ハムナプトラへ赴き儀式を行うイムホテップだが、完遂を目前にして王の兵団が乱入。儀式の中断によりアナクスナムンの蘇生は失敗、部下の神官たちは罰として生きながらミイラにされ禁断の呪いをかけられる。