Kule veki, ifilimu yifilimu ye-Wheiven, engayi kuba yinxalenye yendalo iphela. Umnqweno wemifanekiso yendalo isebenzela ifilimu yayo-ifilimu nge-analogy ngokwenza ukuba kungabikho mntu uphinde udanise i "Mummy". Usihlalo we-Universal Donna Langley uvumile ukuba ekugqibeleni indalo emnyama yayikukuphumelela "kuvavanyo", kwaye ichazile:
Sasizame ukuzama ukubuyisela ii-monster zethu, kodwa zavela zingaphumeleli. Ngesizathu esithile, abalinganiswa bethu abalibaleki kubabukeli, ngoko akukho namnye ofuna ukuzama kwethu ukuyenza kwaye enze indalo ngokubanzi yezilo zakudala. Kodwa sinamava axabisekileyo esiya kunceda ukudala iifilimu ezintsha.
Kwi-Hollywood, izigqibo ezingalunganga zihlala zenza impumelelo kunye nokusilela. Kodwa uDonna Langley ubonakalisa ukujonga izinto. Emva kokuba bephelile ukuba ababukeli bayathandazela iprojekthi yendalo iphela ukudibanisa ii-Sonsters kwindalo iphela, inkampani yaya kwicebo elitsha - umlawuli ubekwa entloko, hayi umlinganiswa. Kwaye uMlawuli ufumana imephu-Blanche ukuya emsebenzini. Oku kuya kumvumela ukuba eze neendlela zayo ezikhethekileyo kubalinganiswa e-Iconic kwaye anganxulumana nemfuno yokuziqhelanisa nezinye iifilimu.
Ifilimu yokuqala kulo mbono yindoda engabonakaliyo. Emva kwakhe baya kubonakala "nomkhosi omnyama", "abafazi abangabonakaliyo" nabanye.
Uchungechunge lweklasikhi yefilimu eyoyikisayo yendalo iphela yabekwa nge-1930 - 1950s. Iimpawu zefilimu yayinguDracula, uFrankenstein, uMummy, umntu ongabonakaliyo, indoda yengcuka kunye ne-lagoon emnyama. Kwakhona ngaphakathi kwesakhelo solu ngcelele, "isiporho se-opera" sakhuselwa, "ukubulala kwiSitalato iMorg" kunye "neCarike yeParis Unina".