Lee Cronin’s The Mummy Review

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy Review

From Horror Movie Talk by Horror Movie Talk: Horror Movie Review

April 22, 2026 · 1h 41m

About this episode

The episode reviews Lee Cronin's film 'The Mummy', exploring its themes and cinematography.

Synopsis After the sudden disappearance of a journalist’s young daughter in Cairo, his family is left shattered. Eight years later, they receive an unexpected call that their daughter has been found, although she is not quite the same. What begins as a moment of overwhelming joy turns into something much more disturbing. As unsettling events begin to unfold, her father and others start to dig into the mystery of her disappearance to find out what really happened to Katie during all those years. Review of Lee Cronin’s The Mummy I was really excited going into Lee Cronin’s The Mummy , the intro had me hooked and invested in these characters and the film is beautifully shot, even the gory parts. It does feel more like The Exorcist and Evil dead than a mummy movie but it was a solid attempt at doing something different. The special effects are incredible, I genuinely felt nauseated at certain points and had to look away. Unfortunately this doesn’t make up for an unnecessary 2 hour and 13 minute run time. Parts became repetitive and there were many scenes that were unnecessary or could have been compiled concisely into other scenes.What really lost points for me more than…

Topics covered

  • Horror
  • Film Review
  • The Mummy
  • Lee Cronin

Keywords

  • Cairo
  • disappearance
  • journalist
  • special effects

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Mummy Review, The Mummy, The Exorcist and Evil

Places: Cairo

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