STORYLINE: 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. (IMDb)

  Boris Karloff first brought The Mummy back to life in 1932.  In 1999 Brendan Frasier did the same.  In the years in between Hammer Studios traveled to Egypt, with the aid of ancient curses, they to, successfully raised the mummy from its tomb.  Once again, in 2026, a curse brings the mummy back to the big screen in Lee Cronin’s The Mummy.

     Mummy features have come in many incarnations.  In the thirties they were presented as monster movies. The Hammer era Mummy movies, are the cheesy B movie variety. The Brendan Frasier trilogy take the action route. We’re going to gloss over the 2017 Tom Cruise film.  Lee Cronin’s The Mummy comes to viewers as an R rated horror flick.

    The mummy character seems to be minimal in this motion picture. In fact it appears more as a demonic spirit.  Lee Cronin’s The Mummy is less of a creature feature, and more of a demonic possession movie.  It’s an odd switch for a movie character famous for being a terror as a monster. 

 The feature presentation has a runtime close to two hours and fifteen minutes.  The problem with that runtime is there is not enough story to fill it out.  The plot took to long to get started.  Lee Cronin’s The Mummy could have benefited from thirty less minutes of content. 

    Some of that content could of been gore. This mummy adaptation relied to much on gore for its scares. Maybe, if it had gone for jump scares or a creepier atmosphere that excessive one time would’ve gone by faster.

   Lee Cronin’s The Mummy takes the mummy story and turns it into a paranormal horror film, that’s story needed trimming. 

    Until next time, I will see you at the movies!