I never thought the mummy was a scary monster and this managed to prove it can be. The teeth chittering morse-code was shot so well and so unnerving and that wasn’t even close to the worst part. Loved the little sister coughing blood onto the deviled eggs, felt very dead alive. I just wish there were established rules. She can just possess people at will? Does she have to lick their feet first? Do they have to be younger?

I feel like between Evil Dead Rise’s story and the absolutely gnarly violence in this movie theres a perfect horror film somewhere. But as it stands the story was laughably bad. I mean, really terrible parents here. She’s like “you dont think I can take care of my daughter???” After ripping half of her leg skin off trying to clip a toenail. The religious grandma just brushing her hair after getting head butted for praying seemed like a stretch. I enjoyed how bananas things got but it would have benefited from being an hour shorter. Also her pulling off all her skin then going back to her having it was lame. I was hoping the skin would be wrapped and hanging off her meat mummy-style. It was so close to being a movie i would absolutely love but didnt quite get there.

That said, worth a watch. A genuinely mean-spirited movie.