Lee Cronin's The Mummy
A journalist's daughter vanishes in Cairo, only to be found eight years later inside an ancient sarcophagus. What follows is a horror built on family dread and supernatural dread.
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About the film
What happened to Katie?
What it’s about
Charlie Cannon, an American journalist in Cairo, loses his young daughter Katie without a trace. Eight years later, the family lives in New Mexico when Katie is found—inside an ancient sarcophagus, mute and in poor condition. The reunion that should bring relief instead opens a door to something terrible.
What hooks you
Lee Cronin, who directed 'Evil Dead Rise', was approached by producer James Wan after that film's success to make a new mummy movie. Cronin agreed but chose a more horror-focused angle. He drew on personal grief—his mother died the day he finished 'Evil Dead Rise'—and based the mummy's look on bog bodies he saw at the National Museum of Ireland. Filming took place in Almería, Spain, and the mummy's makeup used flesh-toned latex and paper-like materials.
Who it’s for
It is a good pick for those who like slow-burning supernatural horror where grief and ancient evil intertwine, and for viewers drawn to family-centered dread with a monstrous, visceral presence.
- Countries
- United States, Ireland
- Year
- 2026
- Genre
- Horror
- Running time
- 2h 15min
- Age rating
- 17+
- MPAA
- R
- World premiere
- Apr 16, 2026
×4.1box office to budget
Ratings
MOVIE․ONE · 138 votesCreative team
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Trivia
- Filming took place in Almería, Spain.
- On the wave of the success of the horror film Evil Dead Rise, producer James Wan approached director Lee Cronin with an offer to make a new film about a mummy. He agreed, but decided to show the story from a different angle, one more focused on horror.
- The film was initially titled "The Mummy," but producer Jason Blum added director Lee Cronin's name to the title to distinguish it from other mummy films.
- According to director and screenwriter Lee Cronin, the film's plot was inspired by his personal experience with the death of his mother, who passed away on the same day he finished working on the film "Evil Dead Rise."
- The mummy's appearance was inspired by the look of bog bodies that Lee Cronin saw at the National Museum of Ireland while preparing for the shoot.
- For the mummy's makeup, flesh-colored latex and paper-like materials were used.
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