Lee Cronin’s The Mummy

About Lee Cronin's The Mummy

Forget the Tom Cruise version — this Mummy is from Lee Cronin, the guy who directed Evil Dead Rise, and it shows. The film follows a journalist whose young daughter vanishes into the desert. Eight years later she's returned to the family, but something is very wrong. It's a slow-burn horror that takes its time building dread before things go sideways.

Cronin proved with Evil Dead Rise that he knows how to make a contained horror film feel relentless, and The Mummy plays to those same strengths. The family dynamic — grief, hope, and the question of whether the person who came back is really your daughter — gives the horror actual emotional stakes. Jack Reynor and Laia Costa anchor the film as parents trying to hold it together.

At 2 hours 14 minutes, it's longer than most horror films, which means it's betting on atmosphere over jump scares. That patience will either work for you or test you.

Cast & Crew

• Director: Lee Cronin
• Starring: Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy

Is It Worth Watching?

If you liked Evil Dead Rise and want more from that director, this delivers. It's a different kind of horror — more psychological, more family-focused — but Cronin's grip on tension is just as strong. R-16 rating, so leave the kids at home. A solid pick for horror fans looking for something with substance.

Quick Facts

• Genre: Horror, Mystery
• Runtime: 2 hrs 14 mins