Lee Cronin’s The Mummy – an Uninspired, Unscary Gore Fest that Demonises Disability and Leans Into Stereotypes of Egypt

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy – an uninspired, unscary gore fest that demonises disability and leans into stereotypes of Egypt

Production company Blumhouse has taken a gamble by featuring director Lee Cronin in top billing in his third film’s marketing campaign. Announcing Cronin as a horror auteur, the film’s full title is Lee Cronin’s The Mummy. This is an odd move for a director with only two (admittedly strong) previous features under his belt. It is perhaps a strategy to differentiate the film from the Brendan Fraser-led adventure series or the abysmal Tom Cruise v…

‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ Gets Mostly Panned by Critics

Filmmaker Joseph Kahn made a good point recently: few filmmakers possess the artistic authority to brand a film as their own in the title. If you cannot match the technical mastery and atmosphere of “John Carpenter’s The Thing,” get out of here. That’s why it puzzles me that Blumhouse would decide to name it “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy,” no matter how much they wanted to disassociate from the Brendan Fraser movies. They probably should have retitled…

Great gore but loose wrapping in Lee Cronin’s The Mummy

Director: Lee Cronin Starring: Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy, Natalie Grace Running Time: 133 minutes What’s laudable about Lee Cronin’s rising stock in Hollywood is his commitment to establishing himself as a sicko first and foremost. The Dublin director is like a horror kid in a candy store, and his itchy enthusiasm to get to play in beloved series like Evil Dead, or classic fare like The Mummy, is infectious – there’s a giddy glee as …