Lee Cronin's The Mummy

The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace, eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living nightmare.

Indians of a certain age will remember the phenomenon that was the 1999 film The Mummy. We were swept up by it. Our nightmares were overrun by skin-crawling scarabs and our fantasies visited upon by the bronzed beauty, Ankh-su-namun.

Well, that "Mummy" of swashbuckling detectives and gorgeous Egyptologists permeated by a sensual mystery is not what director Lee Cronin has in mind for his horror-heavy take of this storied world.

If the name Lee Cronin means little to you, the up-and-coming horror auteur has made the acclaimed Evil Dead reboot (Evil Dead Rises). But the....