The frighting movie The Mummy, directed and written by Lee Cronin, recently hit theaters, and it did not disappoint. This is one of a few horror films that Cronin has in the making. He is fairly new to the mainstream. With movies like Evil Dead Rise and The Hole in the Ground as part of his portfolio, Lee Cronin’s The Mummy delivered one of the most realistic scary movies of this year.
The Mummy – The Original Story
The Mummy is an inspired take on the classic Mummy franchise that started in 1932. It told the story of an Egyptian mummy who was accidentally brought back to life, who takes on a new disguise in search of his lover, whom he believes has been reincarnated in the present timeline. Like all the different monster classics of its time, this was the Mummy movie that laid the staple for future takes and adaptations across different forms of media.
Cronin’s The Mummy
The 2026 movie takes an entirely different direction in the Mummy narrative. It tells the story of an American TV reporter named Charlie who is working in Egypt alongside his pregnant wife, where they have an adolescent son and daughter, intending to establish a decent living for themselves. Unknown to them, the daughter named Katie has befriended an Egyptian witch who has been giving her chocolate, and one afternoon, Katie ends up being abducted by the witch from her backyard.
Panic ensues as Charlie and his wife search effortlessly for Katie. The police in Cairo are of very little help, as the chief of police believes that Charlie was somehow responsible for Katie’s disappearance. All hope seems lost, and the family returns to the USA, living with his wife’s mother-in-law in New Mexico, as the newborn baby girl is delivered.
Seven years have passed since Katie’s disappearance, until one day Charlie and his wife received a call in the car with their two kids from the police in Egypt that they had found Katie, who was in dire need of medical assistance.
Dinner Before The Movie
This film is gruesome in a good way. The plot of the story is, in many ways, very believable, and keeps you guessing as your stomach turns. My advice: make sure you eat nothing as Act 2 begins. It is very rare to see a horror film with a decent flow and character development. Lee Cronin’s The Mummy is sure to disturb you… in a good way.
