With a new Evil Dead movie having just dropped, I feel like it’s even stranger to look back on Lee Cronin’s The Mummy. Despite being a new adaptation of a classic monster, the film really does come across more like an Evil Dead spinoff than anything else. While I didn’t love the film, I still appreciated it when it tried to do something that felt in line with the mummy as we know it. I’ve always said that the mummy is amongst the most underrated of the classic lineup. I just lost a lot of interest whenever it felt like the Necronomicon was just off-screen.
I spoke with Lee Cronin about his film, and we got into how he actually turned down a new Evil Dead in order to make his Mummy film. There had been a rumor last year that the studio was looking to change the name of the film, not wanting to confuse moviegoers, since a fourth Brendan Fraser Mummy film had been announced. Cronin gets into whether or not there were ever serious talks, and how he thinks the rumor snowballed out of control. You can check out the full interview in the video above!
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy plot:
Hot off the record-setting resurrection of EVIL DEAD RISE, writer/director Lee Cronin turns to one of the most iconic horror stories of all time with an audacious and twisted retelling: LEE CRONIN’S THE MUMMY. The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy is now available on Digital and HBO Max
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