The Mummy: 5 Key Things We Already Know

"Welcome to a new world of Gods and monsters" Russell Crowe's Doctor Jekyll delivers at the beginning of The Mummy trailer. For fans of the Universal monsters, this stands out as the absolute highlight.

In The Bride of Frankenstein, evil scientist Doctor Pretorius, played by the great Ernest Thesiger, pours gin for Doctor Frankenstein and raises his glass. "To a new world of Gods and monsters" he toasts. The Mummy is not just pulling references or taking cues only from 1932 Mummy, but looking at the Universal monster catalogue as a whole.

The Universal Monsters aren't as popular as a Marvel or Star Wars movie, but they certainly have their fans. These monsters have been around for nearly a century and respecting what came before will be instrumental in these movies suceeding.

The Universal monster movies have been in hibernation for a long time now, barely known by some of the modern audience. It's fitting that Universal is literally digging up the classics and bringing them back to the foreground of pop culture. Raise your glass to a rebirth of Gods and monsters.

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