[First Look on the Scene] Cineplay Reporter Star Ratings for “The Mummy” by Lee Cronin

Brendan Fraser’s 〈Mummy〉 (1999) and 〈Mummy II〉 (2001), and then—eventually—〈Mummy 3: Tomb of the Emperor〉 (2008), which even pulled in Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh, and finally 〈Mummy〉 (2017), the reboot starring Tom Cruise. Up to that point, 〈Mummy〉 was just the go-to name for a run-of-the-mill “entertainment blockbuster.” But when the next-generation horror auteur, Lee Cronin, teams up with Blumhouse, and adds inspiration from 〈The Exorcist〉 (1973) and then goes one more step to 〈Hereditary〉 (2018), they deliver a full-on showcase of true-school B-movie horror where you can’t look away for even a second. Still, the level of hard gore is high, so for some it’ll feel like heaven, while for others it will be the opposite.