film / 2026
Lee Cronin's The Mummy
A family confronts an ancient force released by the return of their missing daughter.
Verified facts
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
- Director
- Lee Cronin
- Released
- 2026
- Origin
- Ireland / United States
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Why read this explainer
Follow the host transfers from Katie to Charlie and then the intended transfer to the Magician. The final ritual begins before the film ends, leaving its outcome unseen.
PlotGeeks note
Katie's recovery is shown, while the plan to free Charlie stops at the start of its ritual. The ending separates one completed rescue from another attempted transfer.
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Timeline
Major events
- Katie is abducted in Cairo
The Magician takes her while Charlie loses the pursuit in a sandstorm.
- Katie returns after eight years
Her bindings and behavior reveal that the reunion carries a supernatural danger.
- Dalia obtains the ritual tape
The recording explains how the cult transferred the Nasmaranian into Katie.
- Charlie becomes the host
Katie is freed before Larissa and Dalia begin transferring the demon to the imprisoned Magician.
Story in 60 Seconds
The short version
Charlie and Larissa Cannon recover their daughter Katie eight years after she was abducted in Egypt. Her return to their New Mexico household brings disturbing behavior that endangers her siblings and grandmother. The inscriptions wrapped around her body turn out to contain the Nasmaranian, a demon held inside a living host through ritual mummification. Removing them weakens that containment. Detective Dalia Zaki follows Katie's attempts to communicate and finds evidence of the cult that kidnapped her. Reuniting the family now requires understanding why Katie was taken and how the possession can move between people.
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Dalia transfers the demon into Charlie, who accepts confinement so Katie can recover. His Morse-code declaration of love confirms that he remains inside the possessed body. Larissa and Dalia later take him to the imprisoned Magician, Katie's abductor, and begin another transfer ritual. The film ends during their attempt to sacrifice her as the new host, so Charlie's final release is intended rather than shown as completed.
Original context
Why it matters
The final rescue repeats the cult's method
Larissa and Dalia turn the transfer ritual against Katie's abductor. Their choice offers a path to recovering Charlie while retaining the troubling requirement that somebody else contain the demon.
Key turning points
The bindings contain the danger
The family's attempt to restore Katie's ordinary appearance also removes the scripture restraining the demon. Understanding the purpose of the wrappings changes what helping her requires.
Character links
Who connects to whom
Character motivations
Charlie accepts the possession
Taking Katie's place makes his protection concrete after years of being unable to find her. His message from the coffin preserves the distinction between the father and the force occupying him.
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