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Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (2026) – Evil Dead Wrap

Released: 16th April
Seen: 7th August

In 2023, Evil Dead Rise was released and became a smash hit. It absolutely dominated the box office with $147 million, got rave reviews from the critics and has possibly the most badass title card reveal that audiences have seen for a very long time. It was the kind of film where the person who made it would be undoubtedly heralded as a potential horror legend and basically guaranteed that they’d be able to make any film they would ever want to make in this specific genre. Therefore, it really shouldn’t be a shock that the next film by writer/director Lee Cronin would not only be one where he’s not held back by studio notes but one where he’s so clearly in charge that they have to put his name in the title… Now, if only Lee Cronin’s The Mummy were actually about The Mummy.

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The Mummy (2017)

Seen June 26th

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In 1932, Boris Karloff brought us “The Mummy”, one of the classic Universal movie monsters that reigned for a large part of the early period of cinema between the 20’s and the 50’s

In 1999, Brendan Fraser appeared in “The Mummy”, one of the most enjoyable films of the 90’s and one of the few remakes that is at least as enjoyable at the original.

Then in 2017 Tom Cruise appeared in “The Mummy”… it was a movie.

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