Lee Cronin Says His New ‘Mummy’ Movie At Blumhouse/New Line Is Almost “One Part ‘Poltergeist’ & One Part ‘Seven'”

On the heels of the first-look trailer just unleashed, Blumhouse and New Line Cinema have teamed up for another attempt at reinventing a classic movie monster with “The Mummy” from director Lee Cronin (“Evil Dead Rises”). The film’s director has a compelling elevator pitch for horror audiences, stating that the new movie is a mix of Tobe Hooper’s “Poltergeist” and David Fincher’s moody serial killer thriller, “Seven.”

Cornin spoke with the folks over at IGN, where he declared his admiration for Steven Spielberg/Amblin movies, and also discussed which films he believed “The Mummy” is comparable to. “It’s an insane mashup to suggest, but [this film is] almost one part ‘Poltergeist’ and one part ‘Seven’ (interestingly, both are also Warner Bros. films), but put through my lens and the way that I like to entertain people,” laughed Cronin.

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Traditionally, previous modern “Mummy” movies have skewed more towards the action-adventure realm, so seeing a more horror-focused version could be refreshing and a callback to the original films, which focused more on scares than thrills.

“The Mummy” comes after Blumhouse previously tackled the Universal Monsters world with reinventions of “The Invisible Man” and “The Wolf Man” from Aussie director Leigh Whannell (“Upgrade”). We’ll see if this budding working relationship with New Line leads to more high-profile horror flicks with established movie monsters.

All while a fourth “Mummy” installment, expected to be a legacy sequel, is also in the works at Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz back in the saddle, coming from Radio Silence (“Ready or Not 2,” “Scream”).

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This latest horror flick from Cornin starring Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, Natalie Grace, Verónica Falcón, and May Calamawy heads to theaters on April 17.