Kambani yefirimu yepamhepo haina kusiya kuyedza kuita zvinhu zvinobudirira zvinotyisa zveMafirimu anotyisa e1930-1950, anozivikanwa se "zvinhu zvakasikwa". Pakutanga, ivo vakaedza kugadzira "rima firimu rinogadziriswa" mune chimiro chemagamba epasi rose emakomisheni. Asi iyo firimu "Mummy" naTom Cruise yakavigwa iyi sarudzo. Pashure pekubudirira kwebudiriro yemunhu asingaonekwe, tinogona kutaura kuti zvakasikwa zvakawana nzira itsva yekudzosa magamba - nyaya nyaya nezvemagamba emhando yepamusoro.
Shanduro dzezvisikwa dzakasiyana siyana dzinotaura kuti, maererano nezvavanopokana navo, shanduro yavo ye "vhezheni ye" mhumhi yevanhu "ichabviswa neRyan gosling mune yekutungamira munzvimbo yekutungamira. Iye akazvimiririra akatendeukira ku studio nepfungwa yeiyo zano. Achatamba mutungamiriri weTV uyo achashanduka kuita werewolf. Pfungwa yemitsara yechiitiko chakazara-chakazara chakapedzwa neLauren Sukter Bloom uye Rebecca Angelo ("Orange - Hit of the mwaka"). Director wemufananidzo haasati arairwa, asi Studio yakatoitawo misangano yakati wandei nevanobvira vakokwa. Pakati pavo vanonzi Corey Finley ("purebrebred", "inosvibisa").
Pakutanga yakazivikanwa kuti zvakasikwa zvinobvisa imwe ribhoni zvichienderana nemafirimu ake anotyisa ezana remakore apfuura. Karin Kumala achashanda pamufananidzo nezve Dracula ("kokero", "nguva yekutsiva"), uye script ichanyora Matt Manfredi naPhil hell hey.