Lee Cronin's The Mummy

"What happened to Katie?"

2026 2h 13m EN

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7.8

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45%

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6.2

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★7.8TMDB · 2,768🥫45%Rotten Tomatoes●47Metacritic★6.2IMDB · 51,281

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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.

“What happened to Katie?”

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Cast

Jack Reynor
Charlie Cannon
Laia Costa
Larissa Cannon
May Calamawy
Detective Dalia Zaki
Natalie Grace
Katie Cannon
Shylo Molina
Sebastián Cannon
Billie Roy
Maud Cannon
Veronica Falcón
Carmen Santiago
Hayat Kamille
The Magician

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lee Cronin
Writers: Lee Cronin
Languages: Arabic, English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America, Ireland

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.1× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Arabic, English, Spanish.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Ireland.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Lee Cronin, shot by Dave Garbett. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Stephen McKeon. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Bryan Shaw shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Jack Reynor and Laia Costa and May Calamawy carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Lee Cronin directs. Dave Garbett behind the camera. Stephen McKeon scores. Bryan Shaw cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America, Ireland. Dialogue in Arabic, English, Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 4.1× over at the box office.
2Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Arabic, English, Spanish.
4International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Ireland.
5Directed by Lee Cronin, shot by Dave Garbett. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Stephen McKeon. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Bryan Shaw shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Jack Reynor and Laia Costa and May Calamawy carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "What happened to Katie?".
10IMDB entry: tt32612507 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 21 themes, including "journalist", "egypt", "monster", "ritual".
12Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Dave Garbett
Original score: Stephen McKeon
Editing: Bryan Shaw
Production design: Nick Bassett
Costume design: Joanna Eatwell
Makeup / hair: Linda Gannon
VFX supervisor: Russell Bowen
Sound: Peter Albrechtsen
Stunt coordinator: Brendan Condren
Runtime: 133 min · 2h 13m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $22,000,000
Box office: $90,552,113
Return: 412% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026)
Rotten Tomatoes: 45% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 47/100
IMDB rating: 6.2/10 · 51,281 votes
MPAA: R

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Chris Sawin2026-04-17
★ 4/10
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy isn’t scary or memorable; it’s raunchy exploitation and over-orchestrated expired cheese. It is a horror film that reeks of nothing but ridiculousness. The sad part is there’s a decent enough concept buried somewhere within this vomit-drenched monstrosity and a killer ambiance that is borderline spine-tingling. https://bit.ly/MummyBarf
CinemaSerf2026-04-24
★ 6/10
I had high hopes for this, but boy was I disappointed... Instead of getting Christopher Lee, Boris Karloff or even Arnold Vosloo - we get a modern day "Carrie" with a few bandages and a rehash of the "Azazel" story - only this time with a sarcophagus and lots of rusty chains. We begin when the young daughter of "Charlie" (Jack Reynor) and "Larissa" (Laia Costa) is abducted by someone at the bottom of their garden who has been grooming her with candy bars at their Cairo home. Despite the best efforts of the police, there proves little that can be done and so the family relocate back to the USA and get on with raising their other two children. Then, out of the blue, "Det. Zaki" (May Calamawy) calls to say she has been found after an aeroplane crashed in the desert. Catatonic, the young girl (Natalie Grace) is brought home but swiftly we realise that all is not well and that when things begin to go bump in the night, some malevolence becomes apparent. What could possibly happen next? Well, sadly, there isn't the slightest hint of jeopardy about any of that as the visual effects designers go into overdrive and the writers head back to the pub. There simply isn't anything here that is remotely scary nor that does any justice to the ancient Egyptian mythology that could have better underpinned this mystery had Lee Cronin actually taken some trouble to build on that richness instead of sticking with the typical family panicky melodrama, albeit entertainingly augmented with some modern-day false teeth. There is the slightest of twists at the denouement that did make me smile - until I realised that might also signal sequel, and then I left to go home and watch a film that actually evokes something of the eerie and the mystical from this ancient culture. At least she wasn't a doll!
Sierbahnn2026-05-08
★ 5/10
We can all just say that this is Evil Dead, right? I mean, it is, in everything but name, with some flimsy other story tacked on over it. It is shot like Evil Dead, its dialogue fits the Evil Dead, the narrative is Evil Dead. It just happens to not be Evil Dead. And it is all the worse for it. Because it is NOT Evil Dead, and instead tries to say something else, but gets bogged down in its format, and becomes this bland, uninteresting goop. It is proficient, sure, but it is almost desperate, and it is not engaging, and certainly not fun.