Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre

A top French cast and the grandiose backdrop of the Louvre set off this silly ghost story like a gilt frame over a paint-by-numbers landscape. Sophie Marceau wanders through an underground construction tunnel and into the Louvre, where she embarks on an impromptu late-night tour and becomes possessed by the ancient ghost of a restless Egyptian mummy that makes her swoop around the museum in a black cape and an ominous mask. Michel Serrault is a retired inspector who is reinstated to investigate the strange doings -- spontaneous suicides, missing artifacts, security guards driven mad -- and Julie Christie and Frédéric Diefenthal co-star. It's an exceedingly dumb thriller with cheesy effects and impressive location photography doing all they can to cover up a sloppy script. No supplements on the DVD, but it does offer an alternate English-dub soundtrack in addition to the original French soundtrack (with English subtitles).