 The film was shot in 1994 in a castle owned by Band in Italy, where Gordon had previously shot "The Pit and the Pendulum".The film was shot during a period when Full Moon Pictures was having financial issues and was released to little press on home video in November 1995.After inheriting a 12th-century castle which belonged to a famed Duchess, John Reilly and his family, including his wife Susan and their blind teenage daughter Rebecca, travel to Italy to visit.