Film poster banned from London Underground for ‘realistic depiction of dead child’

Brooke Davies | Senior News reporter Published August 5, 2026 2:48pm Updated August 5, 2026 2:48pm The Advertising Standards Authority has decided the poster cannot be displayed anywhere that children can see (Picture: Mike Kemp/Getty Images) A poster on the London Underground advertising the film The Mummy has been banned because it included a realistic depiction of a dead child. The advert, which shows a close-up of a female figure with an eye swollen shut, mouth agape and grey skin, received 30 complaints during the promotional campaign for the Lee Cronin film. The tagline reads: ‘Some things are meant to stay buried.’ The Advertising Standards Authority has decided the poster cannot be displayed anywhere that children can see. They said the figure’s grey skin, cracked lips, and vacant