Lee Cronin's The Mummy

Lee Cronin's The Mummy

What happened to Katie?

Rating

4.5 (1)

Release Date

4/15/2026

Runtime

133 mins

Overview

The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living nightmare.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$22,000,000

Revenue

$90,552,113

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How It Feels

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A eight-year absence returns as something wrong, transforming hope into creeping horror as a family realizes the girl who came back is not the one they lost. Cronin's film mines supernatural terror from the intimate breakdown of familial bonds.

Mood

Dread-soakedUnsettlingTenseMournful

Themes

FamilyGriefSurvival

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Body horror

Reviews

nicolascagegoons

hillarious that james wan out of every director walked out of a test screening(or at least, this is only a rumor probably) but if he did, then he should sit down since this is better then anything he's made.

while i do think focusing on a mixed family while it takes place and is rooted in arabic text and land because god forbid we need the audience to have a white character, its still a great film about trauma that breaks family and the sacrifices that natural come its way to us.
jack reynor is the only FINE performance, everyone else is great, especially laia costa. its a way meaner but also a more effective take on a classic monster. i had that problem with the wolf man from last year.

the cinematography is great, i love how many split diopter and close up shots there are which amplifies the terror.
the editing is fast and frantic and lingering when it needs to be.
i liked lee cronin's the mummy.

(watch my feature film kodak: https://boxd.it/dNvKo1 )

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