THAT'S A REAL MUMMY'S GIRL

Irish director Cronin retells horror classic

- BY LYNN RUSK

BURIED secrets and ancient rituals provide fertile ground for horror, something the The Mummy has long tapped into.

The original series, including the 1932 film starring icon Boris Karloff, follows archaeologists who discover a mummified priest and inadvertently bring him back to life.

Numerous adaptations followed, including Hammer's starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee and the later cycle starring Brendan Fraser and spin-offs such as The Scorpion King.

Now, Irish writer-director Lee Cronin reimagines the tale and his version follows the daughter of a journalist who goes missing in the Egyptian desert.