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)

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<a href="https://hofoco.org/">The Hollywood Food Coalition</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino">Quentin Tarantino</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Jackson">Peter Jackson</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Pe%C3%B1alver">Diana Peñalver</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(franchise)">Halo</a> video game franchise (2001- )
<a href="https://www.academymuseum.org/">The Academy Museum</a>
Care Bears TV series (1985)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Herzog">Werner Herzog</a>
<a href="https://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/web/en/us/things-to-do/lands/citywalk">Universal CityWalk</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Reynor">Jack Reynor</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick">Stanley Kubrick</a>
<a href="https://www.taschen.com/en/books/film/08085/stanley-kubrick-s-the-shining/">Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining</a> book by J. W. Rinzler and Lee Unkrich (2023)
<a href="https://www.warnerbros.com/">Warner Bros</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatman_Crothers">Scatman Crothers</a>
<a href="https://www.blumhouse.com/">Blumhouse</a>
<a href="https://www.klm.com/?srsltid=AfmBOor1NLBXFDsJdDkvWoxu0Du95TSreHmKWLm0lOPfGJXsVIiQ1P8J">KLM Royal Dutch Airlines</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Martin">Steve Martin</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Candy">John Candy</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hughes_(filmmaker)">John Hughes</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Campbell">Bruce Campbell</a>
TFH Guru <a href="https://trailersfromhell.com/gurus/alvarez-fede/">Fede Alvarez</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Spiegel">Scott Spiegel</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lewis">Jerry Lewis</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Verhoeven">Paul Verhoeven</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Dekker">Fred Dekker</a>
<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07r5pwq">The Fear of God: Twenty-Five Years of The Exorcist</a> documentary by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Kermode">Mark Kermode</a> (1998)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Friedkin">William Friedkin</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Tyler">Brian Tyler</a> 
<a href="https://serjtankian.com/">Serj Tankian</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_of_a_Down">System of a Down</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_(play)">Bug</a> play by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Letts">Tracy Letts</a> (1996)
<a href="https://www.egyptiantheatre.com/">The Egyptian Theatre</a> in Los Angeles
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