Ngemuva kwesikhathi eside engaholi abalingisi, umlingani kaTom Cruise uzoba ngumuntu ophambili Ungesabi Ubumnyama, kukhiqizwa yi-studio zeMiramax.
Izici ze-movie Iskripthi esenziwe nguMexico Guillermo del Toro noMatthew Robbins, kanti uDel Toro uzokhiqiza ifilimu noMark Johnson. Ngokwakhe, uDel Toro ukwazile ukukholisa abaphathi be I-Miramax ngani UTroy Nixey noma ngubani oqondisa le movie ethusayo nengabazisayo.
Ungesabi Ubumnyama kuzoba ukuphindwaphindwa kwethelevishini endala kusuka kuma-70s, egxile kuzithandani ezisanda kungena zahlangana nezidalwa ezingafuneki abahlala endlini entsha. UKatie Holmes uzodlala uSally, lokho kuzokhipha kungahlosile izidalwa ezimnyama ezizokhathaza umshado.
Umagazini i-Variety ubika ukuthi uhlelo luzoqala ukuqoshwa kuleli hlobo, eMelbourne, E-Australia. Iphrojekthi Kuzoba ukuqala kokuqondisa kwentsha uTroy Nixey, exhaswe ngu UGuillermo del Toro.