Universal is rebooting its monster movie universe with The Mummy, which is shaping up to be a good old-fashioned scary movie.

Something interesting is happening at Universal Pictures. Jumping on the cinematic universe bandwagon, the studio is going back to its roots and launching a series of intertwining monster movie reboots.

It all starts with The Mummy, starring Tom Cruise and Sofia Boutella and featuring a cameo from Russell Crowe, who will (likely) be headlining his own franchise film as Dr. Jekyll (and Mr. Hyde).

If all goes well, the studio is planning several standalone films for classic monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein and the Creature from the Black Lagoon before bringing them all together for an Avengers-style monster mash.

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Universal is hoping that this monster movie cinematic universe won’t only pull on the nostalgia strings — the aim is to make genuinely frightening movies, using the latest technology and movie making techniques to essentially recapture the feeling original audiences got watching House of Frankenstein and The Wolf Man back in the 1940s.

Will they succeed? Here’s the first teaser trailer for The Mummy, with the full trailer coming Sunday:

There’s also a poster teasing the coming of “gods and monsters”:

The Mummy is directed by Alex Kurtzman, from a script by Jon Spaiths. Universal is expected to put out a new monster movie every year, starting with this one on June 9, 2017.

Planned reboots so far include Invisible Man, Wolf Man, Van Helsing, Creature from the Black Lagoon and Bride of Frankenstein.

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A synopsis for The Mummy reads: “Thought safely entombed in a tomb deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient princess (Sofia Boutella of Kingsman: The Secret Service and Star Trek Beyond) whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia and terrors that defy human comprehension.

“From the sweeping sands of the Middle East through hidden labyrinths under modern-day London, The Mummy brings a surprising intensity and balance of wonder and thrills in an imaginative new take that ushers in a new world of gods and monsters.”