THE MUMMY writer/director Lee Cronin

The Movies That Made Me

SpectreVision Radio

Tv & Film, Film History

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Writer/director Lee Cronin (THE MUMMY, EVIL DEAD RISE) breaks down the eight movies that made him before he turned 10 — plus movies he's seen since that deserve more shine. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (2026) Dead Alive a.k.a. Braindead (1992) Bad Taste (1987) The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001) The Hole in the Ground (2019) Evil Dead Rise (2023) Jaws (1975) Jaws 2 (1978) Jaws 3D (1983) Jaws: The Revenge (1987) Goodfellas (1990) Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) The Commitments (1991) Sing Street (2016) Alien (1979) Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) The Shining (1980) Paranormal Activity (2009) Ringu (1998) Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Local Hero (1983?) The Holdovers (2023) Poltergeist (1982) The Evil Dead (1983) Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987) Evil Dead (2013) Robocop (1987) Robocop 3 (1993) Starship Troopers (1997) Black Book (2006) Heavenly Creatures (1994) The Exorcist (1973) *Bug (2006) Reservoir Dogs (1992) Blue Velvet (1986) Killer Joe (2012) Sorcerer (1977) Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! The Hollywood Food Coalition Quentin Tarantino Peter Jackson Diana Peñalver Halo video game franchise (2001- ) The Academy Museum Care Bears TV series (1985) Steven Spielberg Werner Herzog Universal CityWalk Jack Reynor Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining book by J. W. Rinzler and Lee Unkrich (2023) Warner Bros Scatman Crothers Blumhouse KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Steve Martin John Candy John Hughes Bruce Campbell TFH Guru Fede Alvarez Scott Spiegel Jerry Lewis Paul Verhoeven Fred Dekker The Fear of God: Twenty-Five Years of The Exorcist documentary by Mark Kermode (1998) William Friedkin Brian Tyler Serj Tankian System of a Down Bug play by Tracy Letts (1996) The Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:08.8	This is The Movies That Made Me with your hosts, Josh Olson and Joe Dante. By the way, I have to, we are an audio-only show, but you can describe, do you know what I'm holding here?
1:39.4	I do indeed. I can see that there is a toenail clippers or nail clippers in hand.
1:46.0	Do you know where they're from? Is that from the screening?
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1:53.0	No.
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2:05.2	It's a tiny little fingernail clippers, nice ones with little tagger on it says the Mummy opening April 17th last Friday.
2:13.6	If you have seen The Mummy, this is a truly horrifying callback to one of the most
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