Lee Cronin has, in a relatively short time, established himself as a reliable voice in modern horror-one whose films emphasize control, escalation, and a sustained commitment to physical intensity. After Evil Dead Rise (2023), The Mummy arrives less as reinvention than as a confident extension of a proven directorial approach.
The film’s violence is both extreme and methodically inventive. Much like Evil Dead Rise (2023), it builds through escalation and variation, pushing each sequence toward increasingly grotesque outcomes-often comparable in intensity to the mechanical cruelty often associated with the directorial ambition of Eli Roth. The reliance on practical effects is especially notable; the gore is dense, tactile, and convincingly saturated, avoiding the artificial sheen of stylized CGI and reinforcing the film’s physical immediacy.
At the center of this is Billie Roy, whose remarkable performance as the cursed daughter is striking in its precision. Her control of movement and timing creates a portrayal of possession that feels less like performance and more like embodiment. In its most difficult passage, the film lingers not just on what is happening, but on those forced to witness it-holding reactions with an unbroken, upsetting patience. The result is deeply unsettling, at times pushing into territory that feels genuinely hard to endure, and in doing so, it compensates for some of the film’s otherwise muted emotional beats.
Its shortcomings are relatively minor. Certain moments of emotional expression feel slightly muted, and the decision to withhold full visual resolution in the final minutes feels somewhat misaligned with the film’s otherwise explicit sensibility. In a work so defined by its willingness to show, that deliberate restraint stands out.
At its core, the film is anchored by a simple but effective thematic question: how far are you willing to go for family? Within that scope, Cronin delivers a film that is confident, structurally controlled, and consistently engaging-even if it stops just short of fully realizing the emotional range suggested by some of its cast in limited moments.
My Score! - 82%
Plot and Storyline - 84%
Structure - 83%
Engagement - 86%
Plausibility - 84%
Acting and Performances - 83%
84%
I really enjoyed this movie of the mummy. Different than the series but great movie.
