An ancient queen's malevolence brings relentless, high-octane terrors and pulpy adventure to the modern world.
Suspenseful, with big broad humor. A party watch at full speed. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Prime Video and Max.
It stays inside its PG-13, with a few tense moments and several jump scares.
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Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension.
It leaves things open rather than tying them up.
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