The Tomb is a 1986 American supernatural horror film directed by Fred Olen Ray and starring Michelle Bauer, Richard Alan Hench, David Pearson and Susan Stokey.

The director reasoned that if he managed to get a homonymous film into production before they made their own, his competitors might give him an easy payday to rename it and keep the title for themselves (New World ultimately passed on the adaptation).

[4] Although a rumor asserts that The Tomb was loosely based on Bram Stoker's 1903 novel The Jewel of Seven Stars, this is not mentioned on the film's poster, nor in the credits or in Ray's 1991 book where its genesis is discussed.

[5] The set, an Indiana Jones-inspired tomb, had been built by production designer Alan Jones and carpenters from Cinebar on behalf of advertising agency Dancer Fitzgerald Sample.

[5] The film marked Michelle Bauer's first lead role, and her first work with Fred Olen Ray, to whom she was introduced by a mutual acquaintance, producer Paul Hertzberg.

Manners marked the feature debut of former scientist and California State University at Bakersfield president Jack Frankel, who had left his function one year prior to embrace acting after "it struck [him] that [he] didn't want to do this for the rest of [his] life".

[5][11] Although Trans World was initially lukewarm about Ray's approach, the film's commercial success prompted them to reconnect one year later, and offer him a two-picture deal, consisting of Commando Squad and a sequel to Creature (which became Deep Space).

Ballantine Books' Video Movie Guide called it a "[t]ypical high-energy and low-budget Fred Olen Ray production, with the veteran stars on hand for B-movie marquee value, while a largely unknown young cast handles the strenuous mayhem.

"[20] In his syndicated column, British reviewer John Brooker criticized the bait-and-switch tactic of casting actors in shorter roles than their billing suggested, although he was moderately positive about the overall film, saying there was "[n]othing new here, but the special effects are passable and horror fans will not find it too hard to take".