Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026)

Lee Cronin's The Mummy poster

Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Mixed
Christianity: Negative

Viewer Rating
5.9

Overview

Lee Cronin's The Mummy follows a journalist's family whose young daughter vanishes into the desert, only to return eight years later under circumstances that turn reunion into horror. An Irish-produced R-rated supernatural thriller, it sits comfortably in the body-horror tradition rather than the adventure-spectacle mode of earlier Mummy franchises. The Neutral label reflects genuinely balanced signals: the horror machinery is ideologically inert, the family at the center is depicted without editorial comment on its structure, and the casting diversity arrives organically rather than as a corrective gesture. Ancient supernatural forces are treated with a certain reverence while Christian frameworks fare worse, which roughly cancel each other out. No political, LGBTQ, or gender-swap content registers.


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

The film frames its horror through supernatural possession and personal loss without advancing any progressive or conservative ideological position.

Visible diversity appears through authentic Arab and Latina casting in key supporting roles alongside a white male lead, without recasts of traditionally white characters. The body horror narrative frames the central family neutrally as victims of an ancient force, offering no explicit critique of traditional identities.

Secondary

The film depicts a standard nuclear family with extended relatives facing supernatural disruption to their reunion, without endorsing or critiquing traditional structures, roles, or values.

Christian prayers and symbols prove ineffective against the possessing entity, with rituals mocked or turned against the faithful.

No LGBTQ+ characters or themes appear in the film.

No transsexual characters or themes appear.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

No legacy characters from prior Mummy films or source material appear. All named roles, including the Cannon family members and Detective Dalia Zaki, are original creations whose genders align with the actors in the roles.

No race swaps occur. All named characters draw from original story elements without canonical racial baselines from prior Mummy installments or historical figures being altered in casting.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

5.9

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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6.2
The Movie Database logo
8.1

Critic Ratings

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4.7
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4.7

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