The Asylum has brought us many mockbusters over the years, including Frankenstein’s Bride, Ballerina Assassin, Morgan: Killer Doll, The Jolly Monkey, The Twisters, Road Wars: Max Fury, The Exorcists, Bullet Train Down, Jurassic Domination, Top Gunner, Top Gunner: Danger Zone, Battle Star Wars, Alien Predator, Triassic World, Tomb Invader, Atlantic Rim, Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies, Almighty Thor, Thor: God of Thunder, AVH: Alien vs. Hunter, Transmorphers, Snakes on a Train, The Da Vinci Treasure, War of the Worlds, Hillside Cannibals, Battle for Pandora, Pandora: Fire and Ice, Predator: Wastelands, The Anacondas, The Last Hail M.A.R.Y., and many more. Now, it’s time for another one!
With New Line Cinema gearing up to release the horror film Lee Cronin’s The Mummy on April 17th, The Asylum is giving a digital release to their mockbuster The Mummy (formerly known as The Mummy: Bride of the Dead). You can watch the trailer in the embed above. The release date is today, April 3rd.
Cast and Synopsis
The feature directorial debut of writer/director Maurice Chauvet, whose previous writing credits include the 2005 action comedy The Basement and the 2003 crime thriller Owning Mahowny, this take on The Mummy has the following synopsis: An Egyptologist in possession of a haunted Bride of the Dead amulet is the target of a tech billionaire who believes the ancient Egyptian mummy artifact holds forbidden magic that could awaken a deadly mummy curse and unlock eternal life.
The film stars Jon Jacobs (Passenger C), Lisa Zane (Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare), newcomer Apoorva Mittra, Siena Goines (Basic Psych), Sheba Jade (Lost Angelas), Jack Topalian (Duster), Andrew Gonzalez (For All Mankind), Kevin McCorkle (The Amazing Spider-Man), Michael Gallagher (Blast from the Past), Lindsay Brooke Davis (The Caretaker), Cheri Moon (A Christmas Reunion), Michael Kastenbaum (In a Dark Place), Andrea Mia (Lani-Loa), Verity Van Dams (The Late Night Creep), Laura Maccabee (The Wedding Invitation), newcomer Jeffrey J. Clark, Kahari Mays (Gossip Girl), and newcomer Orkan Umurhan.
Are you a fan of The Asylum’s mockbusters, and will you be watching the digital release of The Mummy? Take a look at the trailer, then let us know by leaving a comment below.
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