It's Called "The Mummy." So Why Isn't It a Mummy Movie?

Lee Cronin's The Mummy just dropped and the internet has already made up its mind. But has anyone actually stopped to ask what kind of film this really is?Because here's the thing — strip away the bandages, the scarabs, and the title on the poster, and what you're actually watching is a grief-soaked family possession horror film that has more in common with The Exorcist and Evil Dead Rise than anything Boris Karloff ever did. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. But it is a conversation worth having.In the debut episode of Bits n Scripts, we break down why Lee Cronin's The Mummy is one of the most misunderstood horror films of 2026 — not because it's bad, but because it was never really a Mummy movie to begin with. We talk about what the Mummy genre actually requires, where Cronin's fingerprints from Evil Dead Rise show up all over this film, what the movie gets genuinely right, and why the title alone may have doomed its reception before a single ticket was sold.This is the conversation the algorithm doesn't want you to have. Welcome to Bits n Scripts — where media literacy is still alive and well.In this episode:What actually makes a Mummy movie a Mummy movieWhy this film is really a possession horror story in disguiseThe Evil Dead Rise DNA running through every frameWhat Cronin got genuinely right — and there's more than you'd thinkWhy the title is the film's biggest enemyWhat media literacy has to do with all of it