According to an interview with the film's lead actress, Sondra Locke, for a film podcast titled The Projection Booth, the film was originally supposed to have a more sinister and darker tone and everyone was excited to do it. But then the original director got replaced as soon as the shoot started and the new director, Peter Traynor, had a different idea of what the film should look like. This caused serious clashes on the set throughout the whole shoot between the cast and crew and the new director. The crew believed that he did not know what he was doing when it came to directing,and he didn't understand the story, which caused him to often be absent-minded on set. Tensions remained high during the shoot and the cast and crew, led by the cinematographer David Worth, took every opportunity to convince the director to let them do their own thing. Seymour Cassel was especially angry at the way the new director was doing things. The pair often had volatile arguments and by the end of the shoot, Cassel almost punched the director in the face. After this incident, Cassel decided to quit the shoot, since his scenes were already completed. After principal photography wrapped, Cassel refused to come back to re-record some dialogue, so his character ended up being entirely re-dubbed by an uncredited David Worth. Eventually, due to such a toxic atmosphere on the set, no one was particularly pleased with the way the film turned out. The fact that the film became a cult hit surprised Locke, since she never liked it, which is the main reason why she agreed to support the idea of a remake, Knock Knock (2015), which was released three years before she died.

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