Lee Cronin's The Mummy(2026)
2026 · Lee Cronin · 133 min
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.
Horror · Mystery
7.92.6k votes
TMDB score
4/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How Lee Cronin's The Mummy scares
It sets up slow, like a missing-person drama, before shifting into something much darker once the family reunion goes wrong. The build is patient at first, giving you time to feel the family's grief and unease, then it tightens into sustained physical and body horror as the truth about what came back becomes clear. Given the director's past work, expect the scares to lean more into dread and stomach-turning transformation than cheap jolts. This feels aimed at people who want a horror movie with real emotional weight behind the scares, not just a fun scare ride.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Lee Cronin's The Mummy rates psychological 4/5, visceral 4/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 4/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 4 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 35 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 65 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
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Starts as a slow, unsettling mystery that steadily tightens into dread, then builds to a punishing, high-intensity final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is Lee Cronin's The Mummy?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Lee Cronin's The Mummy rates 4/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be moderately gory and genuinely disturbing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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