Following their bold, contemporary remixes of The Invisible Man<\/em> and Wolf Man<\/em>, another classic-horror icon receives the Blumhouse treatment. Although, as the title makes clear, it\u2019s Irish writer-director Lee Cronin (Evil Dead Rise<\/em>) rather than BH regular Leigh Whannell doing the honours. Still, anyone who enjoyed both those movies is unlikely to be disappointed by Lee Cronin\u2019s The Mummy<\/em>, as it follows the same \u201ctweak, inject a shot of modern relevance, and amp up the scares\u201d approach. With the caveat that Cronin\u2019s inspirations seem to lie mostly outside the Mummy<\/em> mythos, and take him into some questionable territory.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Similar to his 2019 debut The Hole In The Ground<\/em>, this story revolves around the disappearance of a child \u2014 in this case young Katie Cannon (Emily Mitchell) \u2014 who later reappears and returns home in a creepily changed form (Natalie Grace). Here the transformation is far less subtle: Katie has spent eight years in an Egyptian tomb wrapped in bandages, and has re-emerged scarred and virtually catatonic, with long, horny finger- and toe-nails, looking very similar to a peat-bog person thanks to some impressive make-up work.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Should keep the most committed horror-hounds happy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n As you might imagine, Katie\u2019s reintegration into her Albuquerque-based family (dad Jack Reynor, mum Laia Costa, younger siblings Shylo Molina and Billie Roy, sassy granny Veronica Falc\u00f3n) is painful and distressing. So this \u2018Mummy\u2019 is no reanimated ancient priest stalking ruins and museums like Christopher Lee or Arnold Vosloo. This is an apparently vulnerable young woman requiring around-the-clock home-care from her traumatised and increasingly fractious loved ones, who ultimately suffer from monstrous domestic antics that feel closer to The Exorcist<\/em> than anything involving bandaged stalkers.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Add in some queasily effective body-horror scenes (the nail-cutting sequence is a nasty doozy), and this makes for some uncomfortable viewing that might not be to everyone\u2019s taste. With the extra wrinkle that Katie\u2019s abduction and corruption are inflicted by predatory foreigners, whose retrograde othering is only marginally mitigated by the inclusion of a heroic Egyptian cop played by Moon Knight<\/em>\u2019s May Calamawy.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n At the same time, Cronin\u2019s darkly humorous tone (which peaks with one glorious C-bomb) and sudden-volume-cranking jump-scare style urge us not to take things too seriously. Indeed, as the chez<\/em> Cannon situation spirals into a grand guignol<\/em> blowout, the whole thing turns very Evil Dead<\/em>. By this point it feels like Cronin wants to hit as many genre hallmarks as possible on this (slightly overlong) descent, which should keep the most committed horror-hounds happy, at least. Although the sticklers among them will surely agree that his Mummy<\/em> isn\u2019t really<\/em> a mummy movie.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n Domestic chills, body horror, paranormal scares and gore-drenched action combine in a very distinct but rather uneven \u2014 and at times contentious \u2014 take on a classic monster icon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Eight years after their daughter Katie is abducted in Cairo, Charlie (Jack Reynor) and Larissa Cannon (Laia Costa) learn she is alive \u2014 though she was found in an ancient sarcophagus\u2026 Following their bold, contemporary remixes of The Invisible Man and Wolf Man, another classic-horror icon receives the Blumhouse treatment. 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