SCORE: 3.5 out of 5
Have you heard that the Mummy had a relative with a real nasty attitude? Let’s recap. This week, taking advantage of what’s left of the holidays, I decided to have a girls' night with my cousins and my sister. The plan was to have a scary movie night devouring all kinds of junk food and drinks that don’t sit as well with an adult as they used to. It ended up being a toss-up between two flicks that were either a total disaster or turned my stomach upside down. If you’re a fan of the mildly disgusting, you’re late to Lee Cronin’s *The Mummy* for those who still have it sitting on their watchlist.
It tells the story of a family living in Cairo whose young daughter gets kidnapped by a strange woman, only for the girl to show up years later inside a sarcophagus with no clue how she ended up there. Summarized like that, it might sound like a boring daytime TV soap, but what lies beneath actually gives you a lot to play with.
In this movie, there are two families—one even more dysfunctional than the other—though I honestly think I would’ve preferred to learn more about the first one. The mother had a terrifying attitude and nobody in her family dared cross her, so the real fun lay in what could’ve been if they had been the focus of the film.
However, we have to focus on the main characters. Dad, mom, daughter, and son were, at first, completely screwed and didn't even realize it. The kidnapped daughter was gone, and the rest were running around like chickens with their heads cut off—which is understandable, given how hard it is to find anyone in the middle of the desert once they vanish.
Then, after eight years locked away, the girl pops up looking like Anck-su-namun, completely feral like a wild kitten. I get that she's their daughter and they love her, but come on—if you see her biting, barking, crawling up the walls, scaring the living crap out of your other kids, and tearing off her own skin, aren't you going to put her somewhere she can be properly cared for... and heavily sedated?
The only sane person was the Cairo police officer. Loved her. And yeah, there were moments when I desperately needed a glass of wine and couldn't find one. Everything went from bad to worse, so I think you're better off jumping into streaming and seeing it for yourselves.
Have you heard that the Mummy had a relative with a real nasty attitude? Let’s recap. This week, taking advantage of what’s left of the holidays, I decided to have a girls' night with my cousins and my sister. The plan was to have a scary movie night devouring all kinds of junk food and drinks that don’t sit as well with an adult as they used to. It ended up being a toss-up between two flicks that were either a total disaster or turned my stomach upside down. If you’re a fan of the mildly disgusting, you’re late to Lee Cronin’s *The Mummy* for those who still have it sitting on their watchlist.
It tells the story of a family living in Cairo whose young daughter gets kidnapped by a strange woman, only for the girl to show up years later inside a sarcophagus with no clue how she ended up there. Summarized like that, it might sound like a boring daytime TV soap, but what lies beneath actually gives you a lot to play with.
In this movie, there are two families—one even more dysfunctional than the other—though I honestly think I would’ve preferred to learn more about the first one. The mother had a terrifying attitude and nobody in her family dared cross her, so the real fun lay in what could’ve been if they had been the focus of the film.
However, we have to focus on the main characters. Dad, mom, daughter, and son were, at first, completely screwed and didn't even realize it. The kidnapped daughter was gone, and the rest were running around like chickens with their heads cut off—which is understandable, given how hard it is to find anyone in the middle of the desert once they vanish.
Then, after eight years locked away, the girl pops up looking like Anck-su-namun, completely feral like a wild kitten. I get that she's their daughter and they love her, but come on—if you see her biting, barking, crawling up the walls, scaring the living crap out of your other kids, and tearing off her own skin, aren't you going to put her somewhere she can be properly cared for... and heavily sedated?
The only sane person was the Cairo police officer. Loved her. And yeah, there were moments when I desperately needed a glass of wine and couldn't find one. Everything went from bad to worse, so I think you're better off jumping into streaming and seeing it for yourselves.
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