Review: LEE CRONIN'S THE MUMMY Is a Weak and Disappointing EVIL DEAD Knockoff

MOVIE REVIEW: Lee Cronin’s The Mummy

By Bob Garver           Prior to what I will generously call his “new take” on “The Mummy,” director Lee Cronin was best known for 2023’s “Evil Dead Rise.” Original “Evil Dead” director Sam Raimi had a new movie out earlier this year with “Send Help,” and he didn’t put his name in that film’s title. And his name carries real weight, he directed the Tobey Maguire “Spider-Man” trilogy back in the 2000’s. But the guy who directed the fifth “Evil De…

Movie Review – Lee Cronin’s The Mummy

By Bob Garver             Prior to what I will generously call his “new take” on “The Mummy,” director Lee Cronin was best known for 2023’s “Evil Dead Rise.” Original “Evil… The post Movie Review – Lee Cronin’s The Mummy appeared first on .

Review: LEE CRONIN'S THE MUMMY Is a Weak and Disappointing EVIL DEAD Knockoff

I went into Lee Cronin’s The Mummy fired up! A horror movie from Lee Cronin playing in the sandbox of ancient mythology and monsters? Yeah, that’s absolutely my kind of thing!The trailers teased something eerie and different, something that might twist the classic Mummy concept into a fresh nightmare. But what I got wasn’t really a Mummy movie at all. It felt like something else entirely wearing a blood-drenched disguise.In the film, a journalis…

‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ unravels amidst excessive gore

Photo via IMDb By Keith Walther | Rose Law Group Reporter One of the oldest monsters in cinema history is reimagined, and it isn’t pretty. “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy” is not in any way affiliated with the Brendan Fraser franchise or the Tom Cruise vehicle, which already makes it better, but its confused identity ultimately condemns it. The story strays from being a mysterious, supernatural horror to being a simple, run of the mill demonic possessio…