The Mummy

Lee Cronin's The Mummy is not your grandfather's Brendan Fraser adventure. Released in April 2026, this horror reimagining of the classic Universal monster franchise trades sandy tombs for suburban dread. Cronin, fresh off his work on the Evil Dead franchise, shifts the focus from treasure hunters to a fractured family grappling with a supernatural abduction that stretches across continents and centuries.

The story opens in Aswan, Egypt, where the Khalil family descends into a cellar built atop a black pyramid. Inside, a basalt sarcophagus contains mummified remains that spring to life, killing the father. We then cut to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where journalist Charlie Cannon (Jack Reynor) and his wife Larissa (Laia Costa) are still reeling from the kidnapping of their nine-year-old daughter Katie eight years earlier. A mysterious figure known only as The Magician (Hayat Kamille) snatched Katie from their backyard in Egypt, and Charlie's failed pursuit during a sudden sandstorm shattered the family's trust.

When Katie (Natalie Grace) is discovered alive inside a 3,000-year-old sarcophagus amid a plane crash wreckage, the Cannons hope for a miracle. But Katie has been used as a living vessel for Nasmaranian, an ancient entity called the destroyer of families. As the demon slowly exerts its influence, Katie's behavior turns erratic, and she begins possessing her siblings, Maud (Billie Roy) and Sebastian (Shylo Molina). Detective Dalia Zaki (May Calamawy) investigates the supernatural events while the family's matriarch Carmen is killed and devoured by coyotes. Cronin blends jump scares with psychological horror, using Morse code clicks and binding spells written into Katie's skin as plot devices. [edit]

Eight years after their daughter Katie was abducted from their backyard in Aswan, Egypt, the Cannon family receives a call from the US Embassy. Katie has been found alive, discovered inside a 3,000-year-old sarcophagus amid the wreckage of a plane crash in the desert. She is transported back to America to recover with her parents, Charlie and Larissa, and her siblings, Sebastian and Maud.

But Katie is not the same child they lost. She has been used as a living human sacrifice, her body serving as a flesh prison for an ancient malevolent entity known as Nasmaranian. The entity slowly begins to exert its influence, spreading corruption through the household. Katie's behavior becomes increasingly erratic and demonic. She starts to extend the Nasmaranian's reach through her siblings, first possessing Maud, who curses out her teacher in school, and then Sebastian, who becomes hypnotized and helps Katie remove the binding spells written into her skin.

The grandmother Carmen is killed when Katie's supernatural force hurls her through a window, where she is devoured by a pack of coyotes. The family is torn apart as the demonic possession spreads, with Charlie and Larissa struggling to contain the escalating horror while Detective Dalia Zaki investigates the supernatural events. Charlie discovers through Morse code that Katie is clicking her teeth to communicate the name Layla, leading him to uncover a hidden correspondence from the Magician's daughter.

As the family attempts to reintegrate Katie into their lives, strange and violent events unfold. The entity's power grows, and the family's desert cottage becomes a battleground between the human and the demonic. The Cannons must confront the truth about Katie's abduction and the ancient evil that now threatens to consume them all.[edit]