Fear,[2] is a 1981 Italian giallo-horror film[3] directed by Riccardo Freda, and starring Laura Gemser and Anita Strindberg.

Around 1969, Fabio Piccioni wrote a short story titled Il grido del Capricorno, which he later adapted into an adult comic book in the Oltretomba series.

[5] Some elements of Il grido del capricorno would later appear in Dario Argento's films The Bird with the Crystal Plumage and Deep Red.

[5] Piccioni reused elements of his story again years later in a contemporary setting, with a script made with Antonio Cesare Corti and Riccardo Freda that would become Murder Obsession.

[8] Martine Brochard also did not have fond memories of the filming, noting a scene where there is glass specifically cut to fit over her head and a camera with a chainsaw attached to it that got dangerously close to the actress.