Lee Cronin, the director who earned praise for Evil Dead Rise, isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel with his new take on The Mummy. Instead, he’s taking the classic horror monster and layering the most terrifying aspects with raw human emotions such as grief, loneliness, and the loss of a child. It’s a far cry from the swashbuckling adventure of Brendan Fraser’s upcoming reboot, or even the classic from Universal Pictures.
That said, Cronin’s version promises to be unlike any other version. Described by Cronin as ‘One Part Poltergeist and One Part Seven’, The Mummy leans harder into straight-up horror than previous versions lately. Plus, with the backing of Blumhouse and James Wan’s Atomic Monster, the genre credentials are beyond reproach.
Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, Verónica Falcón, May Calamawy, May Elghety, Natalie Grace, Shylo Molina, Billie Roy, and Hayat Kamille star. Cronin both writes and directs, and I dig that his name has been made so prominent because it tells horror fans exactly what to expect.
Here’s the synopsis: The young daughter of a journalist disappears without a trace in the desert. The shattered family is stunned when the girl suddenly reappears eight years later. But what should have been a joyful reunion quickly turns into a true nightmare.
Warner Bros. will release Lee Cronin’s The Mummy in theaters and IMAX on April 17th.
