Among other horrors, the Nazis were famous for weird, semi-mystical science experiments. These have spawned movies from the classic Raiders of the Lost Ark to Hellboy to Norwegian splatstick series Dead Snow. Now JJ Abrams’ production company Bad Robot is getting in on the Nazi monster action with Overlord, a movie about Nazi monsters.

The project, which is the brainchild of JJ Abrams and writer Billy Ray (Captain Phillips, The Hunger Games), will be directed by Julius Avery (Son of a Gun). The script is complete and has gotten a final polish from Mark L. Smith, who wrote the seriously violent, emotionally intense flick The Revenant. This roster of creators suggests Overlord may be pretty dark and likely harrowing. It’s hard to imagine magical Nazi monsters without a dose of irony, but we’re living in pretty non-ironic times these days.