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Lee Cronin's The Mummy



IMDb Info

Release Year: 2026
Runtime: 2h 14m
Country: Ireland, USA, Spain, Canada
Language: English, Spanish, Arabic
Genre Tags: Horror
Plot Summary: Eight years after her sudden disappearance in Egypt, a severely traumatized teenager is returned to her shattered family in New Mexico, triggering a visceral nightmare as they realize she is hosting an ancient, demonic parasite.

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phancy.com rating:

phancy.com notes: Disappointing! It's so long, but somehow not much happens. It has far too many characters, and never develops them. The father in particular's role is to look confused in every scene. He has no other characteristics or acting style. The pacing is all over the place, and the internal chronology is bizarre. It feels like everything is simultaneously happening over the course of two months, but also all on the same day. (I'm pretty sure you can't fly from Egypt to New Mexico in what seems like an afternoon.) The tone varies wildly from melodramatic family nonsense, serious thriller, and goofy body horror, without being able to reconcile these differences. There are moments of gleeful mayhem, but most of the running time is just a hot mess of boring plot to join these scenes together.


Outside Reviews:

Brian Tallerico
2 out of 4 stars - rogerebert.com

The biggest problem with "Lee Cronin's The Mummy" is one of momentum. There are a number of little issues-Reynor's bizarrely detached performance, inconsistent editing, a dull visual palette that lacks atmosphere-but they all come under the umbrella of a movie that can't find its rhythm. While Calamawy is good, the investigation into what actually happened to Katie is a drag. The truth is, it shouldn't matter what happened to Katie while she's literally tearing her family apart. We never feel that tension, the stakes of how a mother and father would respond when the greatest threat they've ever faced is the child they so desperately wanted to come home again. There's just never a weight to that idea because these characters are just pawns in Cronin's game, his attempt to make you squirm as much as possible. You'll definitely squirm, but mostly out of boredom.


Simon Abrams
Grade: C- - Lee Cronin's The Mummy rises from its sarcophagus to curse those expecting quality

Eventually, it becomes clear that Cronin only really wants to needle his audience, whether it's through a heap of split diopter shots or obnoxiously loud song cues, like when they play "Blinded By The Light" right after Katie wakes up screaming from her years-long slumber. A good cover band can really hit the spot, but not when the band's only mastered one emotional register and keeps playing that way for a longer-than-average set. It's this tonal blandness that'll lead to even the most forgiving gorehounds finding their patience tested by Lee Cronin's The Mummy.