LEE CRONIN’S THE MUMMY Unleashes a Dark, Possession-Fueled Nightmare in Final Trailer
Tickets are officially on sale for Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, and Warner Bros. and Blumhouse have dropped a final trailer along with a batch of eerie new posters that make one thing clear, this isn’t your typical bandaged monster story.
Director Lee Cronin, the filmmaker behind Evil Dead Rise, is taking the classic creature in a direction that leans heavily into psychological horror and possession.
The story centers on a young girl named Katie who vanished in the desert eight years ago. When she suddenly returns home, what should be a miracle reunion quickly spirals into something far more disturbing. The trailers hint that whatever came back isn’t entirely the same child, and the horror unfolds from there.
Instead of focusing on an ancient ruler rising from a tomb, Cronin’s take taps into something more unsettling. This version blends supernatural horror with a grounded, almost investigative tone, layering in elements of possession and psychological dread.
Cronin made it clear that he isn’t interested in retreading familiar ground: "[It's] coming from a very different place, and it's not even a reinvention of mummy lore; it's looking into darker places and doing something different with what we think we might already know.
“It's an insane mashup to suggest, but [this film is] almost one part Poltergeist and one part Seven, but put through my lens and the way that I like to entertain people."
As you’ve seen in the trailers, there’s a creeping sense of dread, paired with a grim, investigative edge that gives the story a different kind of weight.
Cronin expanded on the experience he’s aiming to deliver: "This movie is a different type of fairground attraction. It's more of a maze, and you don't know whether you're going to go left or right next, but you're not in control. Ideally, if I'm doing a good job, I've got my hand on your back, and I'm telling you which way to go."
"There's some tough, dark material in it, and there's a hard-boiled detective streak. But then there's also a huge domestic, supernatural swirl that's going on."
The official synopsis leans right into that unsettling premise: “Writer/director Lee Cronin turns to one of the most iconic horror stories of all time with an audacious and twisted retelling: LEE CRONIN’S THE MUMMY.
“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."
The film stars Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy, Natalie Grace, and Veronica Falcón, with production led by horror heavyweights James Wan, Jason Blum, and John Keville.
If Cronin pulls it off, this could end up being one of the more disturbing and interesting reinventions of a classic monster we’ve seen in a long time.
The film hits theaters on April 17.