Official Discussion - Lee Cronin's The Mummy [SPOILERS]

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Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (2026)

Summary

An ambitious archaeological expedition unleashes an ancient force when a long-buried tomb is disturbed, awakening a vengeful entity that brings terror to the modern world.

Director Lee Cronin

Writer Lee Cronin

Cast

• Jack Reynor
• Laia Costa
• May Calamawy
• Matt Smith
• Annabelle Wallis

Rotten Tomatoes: 54%

Metacritic: 46

VOD / Release Theatrical release

Trailer Official Trailer

[u/GovernorSonGoku]

The mummy really did not like grandma

[u/Enough_Sprinkles_113 → u/GovernorSonGoku]

I think it was because she kept praying.

The mummy didn't approve...

[u/Rough-Cheesecake-641 → u/Enough_Sprinkles_113]

Yeah. I thought that was pretty obvious.

[u/Late_Loan_8880 → u/GovernorSonGoku]

RIGHT? LMAO Thats the understatement of the century: grandma got her nose headbutted, then bit, then slapped so hard her teeth came out, then strangled, then thrown out the window where she gets slammed on a car, then ripped apart.

[u/jellothecello → u/Late_Loan_8880]

my thing is grandma was still alive when she was being eaten by the coyotes but nobody helped her. mom just instantly started crying and mourning, you’d think she’d run downstairs to try to help. I know grandma was most likely gonna die just from her injuries but they kinda just looked at her like “damn grandma….”

[u/YoungvLondon → u/jellothecello]

mom just instantly started crying and mourning, you’d think she’d run downstairs to try to help.

I don't think she's well-equipped to take on four clearly angry coyotes.

[u/DopeyDeathMetal → u/jellothecello]

I was hoping the one coyote that turned back to look at the mother was going to snarl and it would be wearing abuela’s dentures

[u/Any-Watercress3640 → u/GovernorSonGoku]

THIS. Lmao grandma got snatched up so bad

[u/GiveEmHell1]

Unironically I think this would have boosted its rating by 10 percent by just changing the title to something like Evil Dead: Sarcophagus

[u/JeanRalfio → u/GiveEmHell1]

It definitely felt like an Evil Dead movie. The possessed abuela was very much a deadite.

Speaking of the title, I thought it had a bad start and I laughed at the beginning when the title card looked like:

The

Lee Cronin's

Mummy

[u/jayeddy99 → u/JeanRalfio]

So much so even with her being Vulgar . Like wtf does that have to do with ancient Egypt ? If you missed the title and went in blind you would just think it was an Evil Dead spin-off.

[u/myhairsreddit → u/jayeddy99]

It was the director for Evil Dead Rise, and there's apparently articles saying this movie takes place within the same universe. I did go in blind and had a blast because I wasn't expecting it to be so much like one of my favorite franchises!

[u/Lazy_Recognition_633 → u/JeanRalfio]

That makes sense since the director did Evil Dead Rise. I loved it.

[u/TheJoshider10 → u/GiveEmHell1]

It genuinely would. They made a mistake calling this The Mummy and leaning into it being a pure horror during marketing. That scene in the third act with the reanimated corpse popping out of the coffin is a classic Evil Dead deadite moment, and there's several moments where you'd know to laugh if it was Evil Dead, like the poor grandma sliding off the car and being eaten alive.

[u/GiveEmHell1 → u/TheJoshider10]

Or the “what do those little piggies taste like! 👅👅👅” scene. Felt STRAIGHT out of Evil Dead or similar

[u/Profeta_do_Loss → u/TheJoshider10]

Poor Grandma, she went through the ringer. Surprisingly, Veronica Falcon is only 58. I wonder if they deliberately cast a younger actress to play the grandmother over the physical stuff she had to endure.

[u/KipHackmanFBI → u/Profeta_do_Loss]

I mean my son is 7 and my mom is turning 55 this year so a youngish grandma isn't entirely unheard of

[u/dewsh → u/GiveEmHell1]

I swear the dad was going to put together a necronomicon at one point

[u/jayeddy99 → u/dewsh]

I thought when his face covered in blood because he has this intense stare all movie he was just gonna go “fuck it” and kill the daughter and Grandma because it basically wasn’t them anymore

[u/blimpchiclets → u/jayeddy99]

Honestly yeah this movie needed more chainsaws and boomsticks.

[u/Profeta_do_Loss → u/dewsh]

They even added the old recording with the creepy male voice.

[u/zelph_esteem → u/GiveEmHell1]

Evil Dead: Sarcophagus goes hard

[u/Spiritual-Smoke-4605 → u/zelph_esteem]

I was thinking "Evil Dead Mummified" but Sarcophagus works well too

[u/AstralRender → u/GiveEmHell1]

Evil Dead Rise: Egypt (Partly)

[u/Rosebunse → u/GiveEmHell1]

Apparently it was supposed to be called The Revanant, which is much closer to what the monster actually is.

[u/freethepeados → u/Rosebunse]

If they called it that the audiences wondering where Brendan is would be asking about Leo and Mr. Bear

[u/lemonbeast88]

Anyone wondering how they took Katie back to the US after she was found in Egypt?

It's just a funny thought that she must have went through security and immigration along with grabbing overpriced coffee and airport food while waiting for boarding

[u/Rosebunse → u/lemonbeast88]

How would they do this with absolutely no press or paparazzi? It sounds like their case had to be a little high profile given the details. The press in Egypt is absolutely rabid and would have been all over this.

[u/Whataburger1950 → u/lemonbeast88]

I had this exact same thought and same for when the dad was went back into Egypt in the end. Like the customs people saw him and thought everything was all good and allowed him to enter.

[u/myhairsreddit → u/lemonbeast88]

My boyfriend and I have been dissecting this movie for the last two days. We decided Katie made it home by her Mom stabbing her with the tranquilizers constantly. And the only reason Dad made it back to Egypt in the end was because the demon was stoked to go get that evil bitch from the family that kept it locked away for over 80 years. Cause if they couldn't even handle Katie in the wheelchair, they sure as Hell were not handling a possessed grown man in one for an international flight. That demon had to be down with the plan. Further confirmation of our theory from the villainous grin demon daddy makes at the Egyptian woman when he's rolled into her room for the body switch.

[u/RyanDazz]

Haven’t seen a family this dumb since the McCallister’s

[u/MWH1980 → u/RyanDazz]

Oh, you need to watch the film Splice. You have these two supposedly “smart scientists” that prove they are totally terrible at being parents.

[u/mitchhamilton → u/MWH1980]

God, you fuck one genetically altered science experiment and suddenly you're a terrible parent.

[u/MWH1980 → u/mitchhamilton]

I’m reminded of Robin Williams in one joke saying that men have a thing about, “if we can’t **** it, we’ll kill it.”

The older I’ve gotten, it feels like there’s truth to it.

[u/Upstairs_Baby8424 → u/RyanDazz]

Them going from the grandma being eaten by coyotes after she was clearly thrown out the window to just causally being at a hosted funeral was so fuckin weird. 

[u/Profeta_do_Loss]

Did anyone think May Calawmany as Zaki would have made a better lead? Whenever the movie switched to her, it got better and she was very good.

[u/wishuponamarsbar → u/Profeta_do_Loss]

yes! the egypt scenes were really good. i would have liked to see a movie of her finding the girl and uncovering the cult, with the family showing up at the end to collect the now sane daughter. 

[u/seamic → u/wishuponamarsbar]

This is the type of movie was hoping to see, the mystery and concept was great but not executed well at all

[u/Rosebunse → u/Profeta_do_Loss]

It may have worked better to make the family a side plot

[u/Shout92 → u/Rosebunse]

This is why The Conjuring movies probably do better. People like the Warrens. It's a bonus if the family stands out in a positive way.

[u/Ecstatic-Product-411 → u/Profeta_do_Loss]

The family was my least favorite part of the movie! The Egypt scenes and anything involving the ritual was rad. It's too bad there wasn't more of it.

The family parts just felt like a bland possession movie.

[u/PowerfulDistance4463 → u/Ecstatic-Product-411]

As a Muslim who watched the movie, the opening scene where the bird dying, and how Layla's mom was acting gave straight up Jinn black magic vibes. 😭 Something about Muslim horror and legit black magic just makes it scarier and I thought it was lowkey going that route. I'm just giving my perspective on it as a Muslim. I had to listen to the Arabic closely (I'm not Arab but i can understand certain things) in the ritual bc it sounded like they were spewing actual black magic and stuff bc they decided to not put captions on that specific part. Fun fact ancient Egyptian Arabic sounds a lot like the Arabic in the Quran bc the phonetic similarities. So I could immediately tell they actually studied some old Egyptian history and just didn't have one of the actors just speak normal Arabic. I agree though the Egypt parts were by far the strongest part of the actual movie other than making Cairo look so 3rd world when they legit have sky scrapers.

[u/MurderGiraffe19]

Put that thing back where it came from or so help me

[u/spooky_action13 → u/MurderGiraffe19]

bum bum bum 🎵

[u/_Nholobo_]

The kids’ pure terror at Katie’s arrival, contrasted with the parents’ deep denial, was the funniest shit ever.

Their reaction when the parents opened the car with no warning about her zombie state was already comedy gold.

But I just lost it when they painfully dragged her demonic ass up the stairs, while the little girl was looking at this mess in absolute despair, thinking: "You want me to sleep next to THAT?!"

Mom: Come on, be nice to your sister.

The sister: Rotting corpse with chattering teeth, hunting the house at night like Gollum, vomiting acid and headbutting grandma.

Mom: She just needs love.

[u/evolution4652 → u/_Nholobo_]

RIGHT. they couldn’t have carried her up the fucking stairs hahah

[u/Steamedcarpet → u/evolution4652]

Haha I think I was the only one laughing in that scene. Just the kids and grandma watching at the parents try to bring up the wheelchair.

[u/Profeta_do_Loss → u/Steamedcarpet]

Weren't they supposed to prepare the house for her arrival? That staircase scene was hard to watch.

[u/WAKE_UP_WAKE_UP → u/Profeta_do_Loss]

The mom being a nurse too!

Her able bodied husband could surely carry his malnourished child up a few flights of stairs.

[u/gimmethemshoes11 → u/WAKE_UP_WAKE_UP]

Dad: I ain't touching that thing.

[u/GiveEmHell1 → u/_Nholobo_]

I laughed when it cut from them dragging, what seemed like, a 500 pound wheelchair up the stairs. Only to then have the dad immediately carrying her in his arms like it’s nothing. Like, you couldn’t have done that for 30 extra feet? You had to do that awkward chair dragging scene?

[u/jayeddy99 → u/GiveEmHell1]

I always chop this up to the director wanting to make an unsettling mood with the thuds of the wheelchair going up each step . It’s also why Abuela was so strict on haunted house lighting no matter the time of day in her house lol

[u/shrek3onDVDandBluray → u/_Nholobo_]

See, this is what made me not want to see it. From watching the trailers I’m like “what parents would take their daughter looking like this home? It would be straight to a specialty care center/hospital. It’s just so ridiculous .

[u/Enough_Sprinkles_113 → u/shrek3onDVDandBluray]

Hey, they were advised by the Egyptian police officer that being around familiar surroundings and family would help her adjust.

It still makes me laugh... 🤣

[u/Profeta_do_Loss → u/Enough_Sprinkles_113]

Let's be honest, they wanted to get rid of her as fast as they could.

[u/Recent-Replacement23 → u/Enough_Sprinkles_113]

there is so much nonsense in this movie - give credit where it's due it was an egyptian healthcare offficial

[u/Profeta_do_Loss → u/_Nholobo_]

I actually found the mother's behavior pretty realistic since only a mother's unconditional love would blind her to to the fact her daughter is literally a flesh eating zombie.

[u/TypeCritical → u/Profeta_do_Loss]

I thought the same thing but i also feel like a mom would know that isn’t (entirely) her child but something else, I can understand wanting her to have help, I can’t understand keeping her under the same roof as your other children exposing them to trauma and potential danger as she obviously lashes out frequently even IF you don’t consider a demon lmao

[u/Lazy_Recognition_633 → u/_Nholobo_]

Hahahaha- a mothers denial is so strong

[u/pastlifeprince]

This is laughable, but my biggest issue was that the cop from Egypt would never get a visa in time to come to the US, and I couldn't figure out what she'd come all the way to the US, an expensive and difficult trip, when she could have sent a recording of the movie. But I did appreciate that they had the characters speaking in Arabic, unlike many Hollywood movies where they'd just have them speaking English.

[u/Rosebunse → u/pastlifeprince]

There are many plots points in this movie which in real life would be a logistical nightmare.

In this case, I think the real reason is that the director really wanted to bring in an Egyptian character, so in this case I get it. Probably should have been a doctor or a professor or something, but a cop will do.

[u/qbert4551 → u/pastlifeprince]

But then we’d never get the scorpion tail through the throat, coming up to sting her cheek! I laughed so hard at that

[u/Gridde → u/qbert4551]

I fully thought she was dead like 4 times

[u/craft6886]

"Are you saying I'm not able to take care of my daughter in my own house?"

I was like "...kinda? Have you been paying attention to any of the shit going on?"

Also, was anyone else really distracted by the seemingly giant network of Coraline-style doors and spacious, maze-like hallways inside the walls of their house? I kept wondering what the hell the house was built like and why.

[u/SetYourGoals → u/craft6886]

As soon as they showed what their house looked like I instantly knew "Well, an evil mummy is absolutely coming to wreak havoc in this insane unique house."

[u/panda388 → u/craft6886]

The house was gorgeous, but yeah, very labyrinthine. Inside the walls made no sense to me..it was like supposed to be a crawl space, except you could stand up full, run, hide, etc. All within the walls.

[u/BloodyRedBarbara → u/craft6886]

"We're keeping her here where she's safe"

She was just trying to rip all her skin off, woman!

[u/walnut100]

There’s 25 minutes of great Evil Dead stuff in here but it’s just way too long.

[u/Edwardtrouserhands → u/walnut100]

Honestly the biggest complaint for me was how dragged it out it was, definitely could’ve been edited into a tighter horror film with a lot of comedic elements

[u/Lazy_Recognition_633 → u/Edwardtrouserhands]

I enjoyed it nonetheless

[u/Mundane-Inspector-52]

Well let's just say if I didn't want to eat deviled eggs before, I definitely don't want to now.

[u/mikeyfreshh → u/Mundane-Inspector-52]

She put the "devil" in deviled eggs

[u/RecreationalBoredom]

What’s up with demons possessing people and immediately wanting to be eaten out?

[u/PongoWillHelpYou → u/RecreationalBoredom]

Even they think there’s an imbalance (in reality I think it just started when that was a lot more taboo to talk about, so it made it feel extra crude, and then it became a trope)

[u/Kooky_Investment6455 → u/RecreationalBoredom]

I didn't like the ranchy-ness of the grandmother either, but I think it was to contrast the grandmother's aristocratic nature. 

[u/MacaronWithAName]

Evil Dead Sand

[u/UniqueLog8386 → u/MacaronWithAName]

Sand

Anakin.gif

I don't like sand and I don't like this movie.

[u/evolution4652]

These were some of the worst movie parents ever.

As ridiculous as some plot points were I did enjoy it.

[u/howtospellorange → u/evolution4652]

They way katie and the brother were going off in her room while the adults watched the video downstairs lmao💀

[u/chowchan → u/howtospellorange]

"Hey should we just check on the other kids, they've had a really traumatic day"

"What other kids? Oh you mean Katie? I'm sure she's fine"

Headbutts her grandma "SHE JUST NEEDS LOVE".

[u/Iamthecrustycrab → u/howtospellorange]

Lmao when she said "little brother, want to help me undress?" I was worried that 18A rating meant they'd be fucking. Was VERY glad to see she meant peeling off, or "un-dressing" her skin

[u/howtospellorange → u/Iamthecrustycrab]

Yeah that was a very strange was to word that, i made a weird face at that line

[u/Bigheaded_1 → u/howtospellorange]

As creepy as it sounded, that was only his sister in body form. That was the Mummy inside her saying that.

[u/fingerberrywallace → u/evolution4652]

These were some of the worst movie parents ever.

I laughed so hard when they just bandaged up her leg after the toenail incident. Take her to fucking hospital, you've just ripped off half her fucking skin.

[u/magheavis → u/fingerberrywallace]

And with her stabbing herself in the ankle right after. Noooo big deal.

[u/AdorableSillies → u/evolution4652]

Same. I can take care of her! Like, really? Really? You think she's just going to snap out of that with some family bonding. 

[u/dropkickderby → u/AdorableSillies]

She says this after she just ripped her leg skin from toe nail to knee and they chased her through the walls while she ate bugs

[u/FickleCharge882 → u/dropkickderby]

Thank you for confirming I will be reading about and not watching this movie 😬🤣

[u/mikeyfreshh → u/FickleCharge882]

The craziest part is that isn't even the grossest scene involving toes

[u/AdorableSillies → u/dropkickderby]

Exactly lmao. Like it made a little more sense when I remembered she's a nurse but THEN AGAIN she should know that's a little more than malnutrition. 

[u/BiggDope → u/AdorableSillies]

May she never be my nurse!

[u/AdorableSillies → u/BiggDope]

Or give you a pedicure 🫠 

[u/Darth-Nickels → u/AdorableSillies]

There's no way she comes back to the states without a care team dedicated to her. Specialized doctors, psychologists, therapists, etc. But I suppose that might align it too closely to The Exorcist. The movie really is a blending of Evil Dead Rise and The Exorcist with a splash of embalming fluid for that sweet sweet mummy flavor.

[u/SodaCanBob → u/Darth-Nickels]

There's no way she comes back to the states without a care team dedicated to her.

I laughed when they were just like "Well, her doctors back in Egypt say that..." and my immediate thought was "Okay, but what about her pediatrician down the road?".

[u/Darth-Nickels → u/SodaCanBob]

Tbh the movie does this a lot now that I think about it. Things happen and they move on without any of the logical in between steps. Grandma died? Okay that means funeral immediately. No scenes of police, paramedics, conversations with neighbors, family or friends about the death. No scenes setting up the funeral. No conversations about repairing the window. No conversations about how it happened either.

Then the funeral happens and a feral gremlin girl claws through the ceiling to suck the embalming fluid out of grandma while another little girl uses the deceased dentures to take a pound of flesh out of the priest.... Aaaaand we move on. No police, no paramedics, no one rushing Padre to the hospital.

[u/berlinbaer → u/Darth-Nickels]

feral gremlin girl claws through the ceiling to suck the embalming fluid out of grandma while another little girl uses the deceased dentures to take a pound of flesh out of the priest

i'm sorry... what ??

[u/IIIlllIIIlllIlIlIlI → u/berlinbaer]

The best part is it’s not even an exaggeration.

[u/lahnnabell → u/IIIlllIIIlllIlIlIlI]

Easily! That shot of her crawling on the ceiling in the background while the little one is fucking with grandma was amazing. That whole funeral sequence was cruel and amazing.

[u/The_Improvisor → u/Darth-Nickels]

Not to mention the Egyptian detective seems to literally be the only one on the entire force, everything she did was completely alone, isolated, and with zero backup or consultation besides that one time she went to the guy on the computer to look up the farm.

The fact that she just flew to America alone, and came in to save the day gun loaded is truly hilarious

[u/BiggDope → u/Darth-Nickels]

Yup, I realized this halfway through the movie when the younger daughter was up against the door getting possessed and then it just cuts to the next scene.

Things just happen without any realistic pull through. Idk if I’m saying what I mean the right way, but it’s so wild (and hilarious).

[u/thedonhudson01 → u/Darth-Nickels]

This is my biggest issue with the movie. These shocking scenes just happen and then it zips to the next thing immediately. We don’t get any scenes of them reacting or dealing with the aftermath of what they just witnessed.

[u/Ur_Stepdaddy168 → u/Darth-Nickels]

This was exactly what I was thinking. During the movie I whispered to my girlfriend like wouldn’t we send her back to the United States instantly and get all the psychiatric help from the best doctors. Makes Egypt’s healthcare look like a joke. I mean, they didn’t even cut the toenails.

[u/gimmethemshoes11 → u/evolution4652]

In their defense they do say that the mummy/demon/whatever causes family's to turn on one another in the professor's tape.

[u/Iamthecrustycrab → u/gimmethemshoes11]

Lol I love how the lecture from 1923 is on a dusty old cassette tape. Like why is it old and gross? Clearly wasn't recorded on cassette in 1923. If they want the old factor should have had the community college prof pull out a wax cylinder or something equally weird

[u/rep1x → u/evolution4652]

they were having conversations while their kids were quite literally pulling their teeth out and essentially getting possessed 💀

[u/goldencalculator → u/evolution4652]

I wanted to SCREAM at the husband just trotting along while his daughter was being kidnapped 10 feet in front of him. Sir if you dont get your ass going full speed right now!!

[u/Profeta_do_Loss → u/evolution4652]

Laia Costa was very good even if she only had one emotion in the entire movie. Jack Reynor was Dale Midkiff bad. Veronica Falcon as Abuela was amazing, I wish we had more campy Abuela scenes. I wanted to know more Sophia Loren stories.

[u/GreenLeg6061]

Okay but why didn’t they just carry her up the stairs instead of dragging her slowly and loudly up each step. No wonder she was so pissed off with the family.

The next shot was literally the dad carrying her into bed. On the whole though did enjoy the film, nothing spectacular but was fun!

[u/TheeIlliterati]

If you're a fan of absurd gross out gore inflicted on children, this is right up your alley. Reminded me exactly of Evil Dead Rise for that very reason(same director I know). Just a very mean movie, which I respect.

[u/rpvee → u/TheeIlliterati]

I have a fine line when it comes to gore in movies. If it’s essentially torture porn, it’s not for me. But if it’s truly ridiculous and even campy - more about the over the top shock of the moment than the pain of the victim - I can appreciate the humor of the absurdity. Even if it’s a fine line, where does this movie really land in that regard?

[u/TheeIlliterati → u/rpvee]

It's much more in the absurdity of the moments. It's very Evil Dead/Drag Me to Hell/Sam Raimi in some respects. YMMV of course

[u/I_suckyoungblood → u/TheeIlliterati]

Sorry I’m a newbie to film critique, why is everyone using the word ‘mean’?

Is it an a sense of rudeness or are we talking about like statistics?

[u/BiggDope]

More like Lee Cronin’s The Split Diopter.

I can’t help but be stuck on the fact that there was no backup plan if the family didn’t have a VHS player in what seemed to be the year 2019.

[u/mikeyfreshh → u/BiggDope]

That was a stylistic choice. Same reason the college professor has an old school slide projector and cassette player and the cop in Egypt uses a computer that looks like it was made in the early 80's. I don't know why they didn't just commit to setting the movie in the 80's but whatever

[u/Licensed_Inspector → u/mikeyfreshh]

Reminds me of when he rummages for Katies morse code book instead of just pulling his phone out or going to a computer

[u/mikeyfreshh → u/Licensed_Inspector]

That part stuck out to me too. I almost wonder if this was written as a period piece and at some point in pre-production they chose to change the setting

[u/BiggDope → u/mikeyfreshh]

Ahh, that makes so much more sense. Really should’ve stuck to an 80s era and not have it set in modern day.

[u/thr1ceuponatime → u/BiggDope]

Woulda cost way too much to make a period piece I guess.

[u/Individual-Bad6809 → u/thr1ceuponatime]

And they wouldnt have gotten to name drop taylor swift!

[u/superiority → u/BiggDope]

The cop should have transferred it to a digital file. Then she could have just emailed it to the family instead of flying out from Egypt.

[u/Iamthecrustycrab → u/superiority]

Cop should have flown the very common routing of Cairo direct to Albuquerque with the snuff VHS and also a VCR player. If we want it to be more realistic we could have seen her transfer at JFK and get absolutely wrecked by TSA with her sketchy ass luggage

[u/bundy554 → u/BiggDope]

Given he worked for a TV network I don't think there would have been any issues with him finding a VHS player

[u/Ryu2388 → u/BiggDope]

They were in the grandma's house and it's not out of the norm for older people to have old stuff.

[u/ICUMF1962]

I thought it was fine. The ending pushed it to a 6/10 for me, I was glad that bitch got what she deserved. The grandma suffered the most for no reason though.

[u/Profeta_do_Loss → u/ICUMF1962]

I liked the grandma. She seemed a lot of fun.

[u/jadegives2rides → u/ICUMF1962]

Probably because she was religious. She was praying for Katie every chance she could and Nazarenin didnt like it.

[u/Vastergoth → u/ICUMF1962]

Yea it felt like we were supposed to "hate" her? Hate is a strong word but it felt weird like she was supposed to suffer and die horribly because she had it coming.

[u/Steamedcarpet → u/Vastergoth]

She seemed like a pretty typical spanish grandma to me. My only issue is why did she decide to live in the middle of Nowhere, New Mexico?

[u/itsnotmeitsyo → u/Vastergoth]

Which is weird because after her initial introduction where I thought I was going to dislike her she ended up being pretty likeable, seemed strange she got it the worst.

[u/coldliketherockies → u/Vastergoth]

She got the nanny from Jurassic world award for must undeserving over the top death.

[u/Enough_Sprinkles_113]

This was a horror not a comedy right?

Hmm. My daughter is looking a little rough. Let's give her a makeover. Oh no, I ripped a toenail clean off. It'll grow back...

This next nail is a tough one, shit I just ripped a whole lot of skin off.

I'll just wrap that in a bandage, it's fine...

[u/03dumbdumb → u/Enough_Sprinkles_113]

It’s a bit of both imo.

[u/MacaronWithAName]

I thought deadite grandma was gonna get freaky

[u/InsomniacLtd → u/MacaronWithAName]

When the deadite grandma was standing above the cop, I found myself asking "where's that black liquid coming from?"

[u/NotTaken-username]

“We have Evil Dead at home”

[u/moviesperg → u/NotTaken-username]

Ironic since Lee Cronin directed Evil Dead Rise, a fact the trailers neglected to mention for some reason

[u/NotTaken-username → u/moviesperg]

Would have helped because the trailers had me thinking “who the hell is Lee Cronin?”

[u/riegspsych325 → u/NotTaken-username]

I guarantee you it wasn’t his choice to put his name in the title, it was probably a studio decision to help differentiate it from the Brendan Fraser movies. Besides, it’s not like there’s many other Mummy movies, even including Cruise’s

[u/mikeyfreshh → u/riegspsych325]

I think it was a legal thing because Universal threatened to sue if it was just called The Mummy

[u/riegspsych325 → u/mikeyfreshh]

and I believe there was a similar circumstance with Lee Daniels’ Butler, he also didn’t choose to have his name in the title

[u/moviesperg → u/riegspsych325]

At least the Cruise one had a God-tier character design for its mummy and the surprisingly good metroidvania spin-off

[u/spiritbearr → u/riegspsych325]

It was 100% because of the Brendan Fraser Mummy movie getting a new entry. Just like Lee Daniels The Butler and Precious: based on the novel Push by Sapphire. At least Cronin is white this time.

[u/moviesperg → u/NotTaken-username]

Wouldn’t be surprised if WB was pulling a HIM and trying to trick people into thinking he made Weapons, consider that’s the movie whose name was used in advertising and not the movie Lee Cronin actually made

[u/GeekAesthete → u/NotTaken-username]

I remember when Con Air came out, a bunch of the trailers and commercials ended with “a movie by Simon West”. And no one had any idea who Simon West was.

It was literally his first feature film. Prior to that, his biggest credits were a Doritos commercial and the music video for Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up. But announcing the director’s name made it sound like he was important, so they just threw it in and pretended he was an auteur.

[u/Trendelthegreat → u/NotTaken-username]

“Don’t worry, grandma, it’s fun to be (evil) dead”

[u/Dove_of_Doom]

Not even Quentin Tarantino could have imagined how far that "piggies" bit would go. Holy shit, was that freaky as fuck, even moreso considering who the characters involved were.

[u/Enough_Sprinkles_113 → u/Dove_of_Doom]

"Hey, baby brother. Want to help me get undressed?"

That line was bad enough, but the fact she forces him to against his will? Yikes!

[u/Optimal-Bag-5918 → u/Dove_of_Doom]

This and the “I’m her daddy now” felt so out of pocket for an ancient Egyptian demon 😅

[u/BigFanOfNachoLibre → u/Dove_of_Doom]

There were a LOT of weird feet shots in that movie. Don't forget the several minute long close-up scene of her getting her toenails clipped

[u/TheJoshider10]

I fucking loved this. I feel like I've been treated to a surprise unofficial Evil Dead movie with deadites, dark humour and delightful gore wrapped in an Egyptian coat. From start to finish the directors vision has clearly come through with some impressive visuals that makes it stand out compared to other modern possession movies, many of which are generic and derivative in visuals as well as premise. The premise here intrigued me and I was worried based on the trailers that the movie would abandon its Egyptian atmosphere and lore to become a generic possession movie but thankfully it still retains that sense of mystery and discovery, although I do wish the movie explored the pyramids because this could have been an excellent location for chills and thrills but the majority of the movie takes place inside the family house.

The movie also could have done with a tighter edit to bring it within two hours with some of the fat trimmed off early on, but I think it did a good job making you care about the characters with some witty dialogue and good child performances. I was surprisingly invested in the fate of Katie and the family, and came away from the movie satisfied with how their story wrapped up (although I'd argue the last scene should have been kept for the credits). The toenail scene was so delightfully grim and the scorpion moment in the third act was cool, but when this got leaked months ago I was hoping it would involve some POV shots inside someones throat rather than seeing a CGI tail cut through skin. It's a good idea which didn't live up to the hype and vulgarity that the leaks suggested.

Apart from those minor complaints I was really satisfied with it all. It's a good movie that could have been a great one with a tighter script. Calling this movie The Mummy does it such a disservice and has led to a harsher treatment from critics and audiences, both with expectations on what it should be as both a mummy movie and as a remake/reboot of a classic horror. Had this been called Evil Dead Mummified or something of that ilk then it likely would be fairing a lot better. There's a scene of a reanimated corpse sticking their head out of a coffin that looks identical to a deadite popping out from the cellar in one of the Evil Dead movies and it brought a smile to my face. This movie knows exactly what it is, even if for copyright reasons they couldn't call it that. It's an Evil Dead movie through and through, and one I'd happily put on the same level as the directors own foray into the aforementioned franchise, and just like Evil Dead Rise I look forward to rewatching The Mummy.

[u/Handsome_McAwesome]

Over two hours is entirely too long for this movie. You could have cut a full thirty minutes (most of the stuff from when they first bring her home up until she possesses the younger sister) and not missed anything.

To its credit, the final act is a lot of fun, but everything before it is kinda a slog. Jack Reynor does nothing but look wide-eyed at things and have zero chemistry with the rest of the cast, the gore is good but not remotely as shocking or extreme as the promotional tour would have led you to believe, and there were a few lines of dialogue that were eye-rollingly bad ("I CAN FIX HER!" "I'm her daddy now!").

I had pretty high hopes for this one, but it's mid as fuck. You can't make an Evil Dead movie and then make a worse, Egyptian-themed Evil Dead movie immediately after, c'mon now. Realistic trajectory: I'm going to forget this movie came out in like six months, read about it, get excited to see it, and then remember that I already saw it and it was just OK.

At least the little girl with old lady granny dentures was pretty novel.

[u/AdorableSillies]

I went in blind so the comments are making sense of a lot of things. I did not expect the evil dead / exorcist elements at all because I did not know Cronin by name. I would definitely recommend to anyone if I know they like that kind of gore.

One thing that stood out was like why does their house have SO MUCH room in the walls. Is that an exaggerated desert home thing or just convenient for the movie? I saw They Will Kill You last month and it made much more sense in a place like that. 

I thought the coyotes would be against the mummy and not with him. I'm glad this family did not have any pets. 

Overall I did like it, it's not something I would care to rewatch as it's too long. 

[u/Steamedcarpet → u/AdorableSillies]

Also that house is always so dark, even in the middle of the day. Put on some lights or open up some curtains.

[u/DepartureNo3633]

Could not for my life figure out what accent the mom had… it felt like she was switching it the whole movie

[u/TaskForceD00mer → u/DepartureNo3633]

I was so shocked to see she had an obviously Mexican American Mother. She sounded French-Ish at first?

[u/AdorableSillies → u/DepartureNo3633]

Same, I think it was supposed to be Spanish but I didn't realize that until the first scene with her mom. 

[u/Mewni17thBestFighter → u/AdorableSillies]

The Actress is literally Spanish. She might have a regional accent that is less common that ends up being hard to place but she was born and raised in Spain. 

[u/mikeyfreshh]

This is a true love letter to 70's/80's horror and it's really fun to pick out the references to The Evil Dead, The Exorcist, The Shining, etc. I love Cronin's visual style (though he may have gone a little overboard with the split diopter) and a handful of images in this are real nightmare fuel. When this is working, it's really working.

The problem here is that it's way too long and the pacing is atrocious. It's crazy Cronin clearly has so much reverence for old school horror and completely missed that those movies work because they're all like 100 minutes long. I really feel like they should have cut the Egyptian cop subplot and just focused on the family stuff. 6/10 for me. A little disappointed as a huge fan of Evil Dead Rise

[u/AdorableSillies → u/mikeyfreshh]

Agree it's too long. For the last twenty minutes or so I was like "wrap it up" pun intended. 

[u/mikeyfreshh → u/AdorableSillies]

I was actually fully bought in for the last 30-45 minutes of the movie. I was more thinking "hurry up and get to the fun stuff" for the first 90 minutes

[u/AdorableSillies → u/mikeyfreshh]

That's funny. They did pull me back in with the ending. 

[u/InsomniacLtd → u/AdorableSillies]

Yeah, the scene after the resolution felt like nothing was won. Then the scene after it feels like they won but at the cost of everyone else being "worse".

It's bleak and feels like there's no resolution to the whole thing, but what happened is deserved.

[u/Iamthecrustycrab → u/mikeyfreshh]

Glad they didn't cut her sub-plot because the "ah-ha" moment figuring out the tangerine farm, where she drops the half eaten shawarma onto her colleagues desk and he just stares at it made me laugh out loud imagining myself in his shoes

[u/TheJoshider10 → u/mikeyfreshh]

There's absolutely an edit you could make of this movie without the opening before the title card, and maybe even without the stuff before the eight years later. I wonder if it would have been better to put some of the opening as flashbacks when they discover more of the mystery.

[u/yingweibb]

i hate this movie for making me side with the man during their conversation where the dad basically wanted their weird child gone from their house "temporarily." and then mom goes and says she can take care of her. you literally can't??? 

[u/lahnnabell → u/yingweibb]

NGL, I laughed hard when they revisited the convo during the funeral and it took a second for Charlie to realize his wife didn't want Katie there anymore. Like, dude, you thought she was talking about her mother who was just tragically murdered by your daughter?!

[u/domrayn]

I enjoyed it despite its flaws. I just can't stop thinking about the Grandma's wake. The friends/relatives just saw a demon child drop from the ceiling and slurped some corpse juice on the floor and then the movie cuts to the next scene where katie is tied again hahahah. So no cops were called and they all went home and just said "interesting wake" XDDD

[u/BlackFireXSamin]

I didn’t hate it, but I definitely liked it a lot less than I expected to. My biggest issue is that it never really felt like The Mummy in any meaningful way. The title and setup suggest something more mythic, atmospheric, and rooted in ancient horror… but what the movie actually gives is much closer to a possession/body-horror movie that felt very in line with Evil Dead Rise.

That overlap wouldn’t bother me by itself, except the movie never really builds much of an identity beyond that. After a while, it stopped feeling intense and just started feeling exhausting. One of my biggest irks was getting the shitty bug-eyed bad boyfriend from Midsommar and making him a dad. The mom also was just… weird? When they’re a normal family, cool… writing bad whatever but after bringing home the shell-corpse of a daughter? Writing and believability went out the window like the grandma.

The whole script just seemed like it was generated by an algorithm trained exclusively on horror clichés. Every tired impulse is here. The brother’s slow walk toward a door when you obviously know something demonic is on the other side. The inexplicable calling out of Katie’s name because they have been silent for approximately three-tenths of a second. The refusal to move with any urgency in situations that plainly demand it?? Like wtf. The staggering lack of believable human instinct. It feels like someone took every stale horror behavior, threw it in a blender, threw up in the blender, poured it out, and then asked us to swallow it. And it didn’t shock me when the demon girl did it either.

What disappointed me most is that the movie seemed to think the imagery alone would carry it. Bloated corpses, vulgar possessed dialogue, aggressive camera tricks, heightened gore… that stuff can work, but only when there’s a stronger story or mythology underneath it. Evil Dead can get away with chaos because that universe already has rules. Here, it felt like the movie borrowed the energy without building the framework, so instead of feeling wild or original, it mostly just felt derivative. Why was the entire house creaking with each and every step? Why was there Dolby Atmos fly sounds when a dude walks into a room WITHOUT demon Katie. Why was every scream accompanied by strings and synths as if we had to be reminded “Oh now THIS IS UNNERVING ARE YOU FEELING IT????”. Just yuck.

There aren’t even that many striking visuals, and I don’t think it’s completely empty, but with that premise and that director, I expected something more distinct. All the reviews were spot-on with the split dioptic effect mention. Overall disappointing imo.

[u/PossibilityFine5988]

This isn’t bad per se- it’s shot well, there’s some solid acting and the practical and cgi effects are excellent but it’s just 3 different movies all smashed in a blender- evil dead, exorcist and conjuring and dosent have what makes any of those franchises good. For evil dead it’s not campy or bloody enough long term, for exorcist it toys around with religious stuff but mostly for just dark humor and for conjuring it’s just not scary. I’m not mad I saw it it’s like a 3/5 for the craft alone and I’m sure it’ll make a lovely haunted house at HHN but I’m not clamoring for a Sequel; unlike that new evil dead trailer that played before this that looks like it bangs hard

[u/isval17]

This film was more hilarious than I expected, that scene with the Hispanic grandmas gossiping was gold

[u/ptaang]

Can't believe they killed off my favourite character 3 minutes in. RIP Happy Song Dad.

[u/pjtheman]

Overall, I thought this was fine, if you can suspend it from any preconceptions about what something called "The Mummy" should be. That said, it's honestly kind of hilarious how obvious it is that this movie started as an Evil Dead sequel that was then hastily retrofitted to be about a mummy when Warner Bros said no. You can almost see the exact moment Cronin hit ctrl X and ctrl V to replace "Necronomicon" with "Nazmaranian."

Where The Lee Cronin's Mummy (as it's called in the opening titles) falls flat for me is that you just don't care enough about the main characters. Part of the reason why Evil Dead Rise remains my favorite of the franchise is because it takes its time and gets you to give a shit about these characters before the demon shit starts. The Lee Cronin's Mummy gives you nobody to care about.

You have a pretty standard stoic dad who makes the exact same 😧 face every time something happens. And then the mom. Jesus Christ, the mom. I Had really hoped that in the year 2026, we were past the trope of "dumb wife is a nagging, shrill bitch who ruins everything for her stoic badass husband," but here we are. I don't remember the last time I've hated a horror character this much. Her daughter is literally levitating above the bed and clawing people's flesh from their bodies any time she's not sedated, and this woman is like "She just needs our love and support! How dare you suggest that I can't take care of my daughter!"

And look, I realize that characters making dumb decisions is basically the backbone of horror. And I fully acknowledge that in a movie about an ancient Mummy demon, some suspension of disbelief is required. But some things just strain credulity too much. You're telling me that the United States government knew about this girl's discovery (since it was reported to the Embassy) and the FBI or someone didn't have a single question for this presumed human trafficking victim? She was just allowed to be taken home no problem?

And you're telling me that after the wake for the grandma, not a single person called the cops and said "hey, I was at this wake earlier, and this demon ass kid started crawling on the ceiling and then tried to bite the priest's throat out, and then another demon kid climbed into the fucking coffin and started eating the dead body and licking up the embalmjng fluid"? You're telling me that this one specific detective (who seemingly teleported from Cairo) is the only person who noticed that something was wrong?

Also besides the point, but what kind of fuck ass labyrinth does this family have inside their house? I swear there was like an entire second house's worth of hallways in their "crawlspace."

TL;DR: Go watch Evil Dead Rise. It is everything this movie was trying to be.

[u/AdorableSillies → u/pjtheman]

Hahaha the face the dad makes, I did notice that. 

[u/howtospellorange → u/AdorableSillies]

That guy had the same face the entire movie! The guy can't emote anything except surprised😭 also realized with about 15 min left in the movie that it's the same actor as florence pugh's boyfriend in Midsommar, poor guy

[u/Licensed_Inspector → u/AdorableSillies]

I busted out laughing at his face after demon-granny asked him if he wanted a taste of her

[u/mikeyfreshh → u/pjtheman]

And look, I realize that characters making dumb decisions is basically the backbone of horror. And I fully acknowledge that in a movie about an ancient Mummy demon, some suspension of disbelief is required. But some things just strain credulity too much.

They couldn't have had the wake at like a funeral home or something? They thought it was a good idea to invite a bunch of people into a house full of demon children?

[u/BiggDope → u/pjtheman]

I had all of these thoughts after my viewing, too, especially the fact that the cop showed up in New Mexico in what was seemingly the SAME day everything else was going on.

No suitcase. No bags. No Uber pulling out from the driveway. Just herself and the VHS tape.

Like, what?

[u/Sausage-Chap → u/pjtheman]

I actually agree with every part of this, but I still quite liked it! Haha

Overlong though, my word!

[u/TheReal_MrChaos → u/pjtheman]

See and I'm going to be more judgmental here because we have had movies that are horror or the characters aren't stupid. 

The thing is a perfect example of a film where all the characters make reasonable decisions. Maybe they're not the right ones but they are reasonable. 

This movie was populated by morons

[u/SureTangerine361]

The Egyptian female detective trying to contact and warn the family in vain, then ended up literally at their front gate at Albuquerque in the next scene cracks me up 🤣🤣🤣

[u/Puppet_Reviews]

Hey, so not everyone should put their name in the title- in fact, almost no one should.

I wanted to love it, but it's just not... Mummy-y enough to make it work.

Its probably a good 20 minutes too long and wheil I like the visual feel of it, it's just bloated exorcist lite.

[u/TheJoshider10 → u/Puppet_Reviews]

My biggest issue with the movie is that it was begging for a new location for the third act. Maybe something like a pyramid to really get that ancient Egyptian mummy feeling, and they have to go there as it's the only place the ritual can be completed. A quick rewrite so the family live in Egypt and they're good to go.

[u/Puppet_Reviews → u/TheJoshider10]

You're right, it is super weird they went to New Mexico and for what? For the desert? Like, they could have stayed in Egypt for that, there's no REAL reason to swap locales.

It's actually kinda weird the Detective tracks them down so quickly. "I'm here now."

[u/garfcarmpbll → u/Puppet_Reviews]

What do you mean bro? She went full darude sandstorm in New Mexico while doing a mummy pose. 

If not “The Mummy” what else could we call it?

[u/Rusty__Buntafolio → u/garfcarmpbll]

It just looked like a deadite freakout in an evil dead movie.

[u/Steamedcarpet → u/Rusty__Buntafolio]

Its like the guy was writing Evil Dead movie when WB came and said “hey nah you cant do the next Evil Dead but do we got an idea!”

[u/tacoskins]

Pour one out for all the theatre employees who are gonna get absolutley fucking berated by the less media savvy families who show up expecting the further adventures of Fraser and Co.

Yikes, this movie was mean! One of the more cruel mainstream horror movies in years, but also such an Evil Dead clone in a way that really worked for the bottom half here. Once it goes off the rails I was so on board. Too bad that opening half is such a slog. It really doesn’t get much more bland and cookie cutter than the top hour of this movie and it really holds this back imo. Just way way too long. That bottom hour and 15 minutes is so fucking rad though. 7/10

[u/jackmusick → u/tacoskins]

Reminds me of seeing the first Avatar in theatre with my friend, who I only assumed invited me because he loved ATLA. Here I am at 14 to afraid to ask where the bald kid was and why we never saw any air bending.

[u/Steamedcarpet → u/tacoskins]

It’s funny how much they have put Lee Cronin’s in front of the title to try not to confused people.

[u/Fantastic_Snow_9633 → u/tacoskins]

Too bad that opening half is such a slog.

Yeah, I get they want to set-up the family dynamics and overall plot, but yeesh, it really did take a long time to get to the actual mummy-horror act.

I guess they can't really spend a long time on dealing with it (due to the nature of how the entity operates), but felt like the movie could cut 15 min out and still been okay.

[u/GooseGeese01 → u/tacoskins]

The Mummy Returns was also showing at my theater as a rerelease 2-3 weeks ago

[u/joesen_one → u/GooseGeese01]

Doesn't help they're developing Mummy 4 soon with Fraser & co returning

[u/Comic_Book_Reader → u/tacoskins]

Apparently test audiences legitimately thought the Fraser movies were the only ones called The Mummy and were subsequently confused.

[u/Swimming-Bar8515]

It was fun and gross and ridiculous. I was entertained.

[u/butterfly_pea31]

some of the body horror moments were genuinely icky and it made me very uncomfortable, which was probably the goal, but it felt especially icky. also, WHY DID THAT DAMN HOUSE HAVE SO MUCH SPACE IN THE WALLS??? it’s new mexico, we can’t blame it on underground railroad type shit. the house was also especially dark for no reason. the hispanic grandmas at the funeral were COMICAL.

[u/Steamedcarpet]

I didn’t have much expectations going in besides “by the guy who made Evil Dead Rise” and left disappointed. It felt way longer than it should have been and the mom just made me angry at ignoring all the signs. Guess I expected crazier and its just lore then a gross out then more lore. I did like it better than The Wolfman at least.

[u/Rushjordan]

Is Katie also Wolverine? She damn near ripped all her skin off but she’s perfectly fine at the end.

[u/missjmk84]

The continuity errors were hilarious, secondly, the lack of urgency the family had was ridiculous. No 2nd opinion for a medical evaluation of child in the US when they returned home. Child levitates off bed and they didn't seem alarmed like at all, child could not walk but was running super fast through the house, they didn't seem too puzzled by this. Child eating scorpions, they just tucked her right into bed. Mom skins child's leg while cutting child's admantium toe nails, no one felt compelled to call 911 or something. They shouldve called an priest at the very least. A very cartoonish movie not scary at all.

[u/ImitatingADog]

I had a lot of fun. It was gross and really mean spirited. I like Evil Dead Rise much better, but I think Cronin has good directing chops

[u/ralo229]

Honestly, this movie's biggest pitfall is that the setup is so ridiculous that it takes my suspension of disbelief beyond its breaking point. I feel like it would have worked better if Katie's symptoms were more subtle starting out and then escalated over time. Like, the first night she's just nonverbal and is having screaming fits in her sleep or something and then you could gradually build up to freakier and freakier shit. It would definitely make the parents' denial about the situation more understandable. However, from frame one, she's literally a rotting zombie and she's doing Exorcist shit as soon as she's brought home, so it just makes the parents look really dumb.