The Mummy: An Exorcism-Heavy Horror That Dotes on Gross-Outs
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy is more an exorcism-infused horror than a traditional mummy epic, delivering a relentless 133 minutes of grotesque shocks at the expense of depth or emotional stakes. While Laia Costa and May Calamawy carve out intensity amid a plot about a demon inhabiting a kidnapped girl and a family torn apart, the script never probes its premise or characters meaningfully, favoring a constant barrage of gross-out set pieces over substantive storytelling. The result feels like a church-basement haunted house rather than a millennia-spanning saga, making it a gore-heavy experience that wears thin quickly for most viewers.