Alice Cooper had been an alcoholic for his entire adult life and, as he developed a cocaine habit in the late 1970s, his music career dwindled and his health was jeopardized. He finally made the decision to get sober in 1983 - the same year his record label dropped him, leaving him unsure of his professional future. When he was asked to star in this low-budget film, he perceived it as an opportunity to get back to work and signed on with the understanding that the movie would not be released outside of the Philippines.
None of the actors dubbed their own lines. The only time Alice Cooper's real voice is heard is during his two musical sequences, the rest of his dialogue in the English version was dubbed by Ted Rusoff.
The scene in which the dogs chase the girls up the staircase was intended to be shot in a single take because the dogs had been deprived of food and the actresses were genuinely afraid that they'd become a meal. Halfway through the scene, the on-set still photographer shouted "STOP" because he'd run out of film and needed to reload. This angered director Claudio Fragasso, so he took one of the loaded shotguns used in the movie and chased the photographer around the set, firing shots into the air as he hurled obscenities at him. From this point on, the Spanish crew began referring to Fragasso as "el director loco" (the crazy director), which he found very amusing.
Director Claudio Fragasso and writer Rossella Drudi are Italian, star Alice Cooper is American, and the rest of the cast and crew are predominantly from Spain, where the film was shot. According to Drudi, there was a crew of nearly 300 people, the largest she and husband Fragasso ever worked with.
Director Claudio Fragasso asked Alice Cooper to write two songs for the film 15 days before photography commenced. Cooper rushed to write the songs and record temp demo tracks, which were ultimately utilized in the final cut of the film. The songs were later included in the CD boxed set "The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper."