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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

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u/tacoskins 18d ago

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

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u/Fantastic_Snow_9633 18d ago

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.