[1] Don't Look in the Attic was directed by Carlo Ausino, a filmmaker who got his start in the film industry as an uncredited assistant on the set of The Organizer and made his debut as a director in L'ora della pietà.

[2] The film was written in a few weeks by Ausino with Annarita Grapputo in the lead, who had previously acted in Double Game.

[2] Filming began in June 1980 under the title La stirpe dei dannati and was shot in four weeks in Turin.

[1][2] The film's score credited to Stelvio Cipriani is compiled form a catalogue of his older work, including Un'ombra nell'ombra .

[4] In Italy, Leonardo Autera gave the film a negative review in Corriere della Sera, noting poor script, direction and photography.