For those of us who grew up in the late 90s, The Mummy (1999) wasn’t just a blockbuster — it was lightning in a bottle. It had everything: breathtaking visuals, ancient mysteries, spine-tingling horror, laugh-out-loud humor, and two leads whose chemistry still glows brighter than a scarab gem in the desert sun. Brendan Fraser as the charming, wisecracking adventurer Rick O’Connell, and Rachel Weisz as the brilliant and bold librarian-turned-archaeologist Evelyn Carnahan, gave

A film that dared to be both scary and silly, heartfelt and horrifying, funny and fearless — The Monster Squad took the classic Universal Monsters we grew up fearing and gave them to a new generation of believers. Written by Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, The Nice Guys) and Fred Dekker (Night of the Creeps), and directed by Dekker himself, this wasn’t just a horror movie. It was a cinematic love letter to the monster movies of the 1930s and 1940s — to kids who loved them.