One in a cycle of early 1980s thrillers with a voyeuristic stalking / peeping tom killer. The movies include The Fan (1981), Eyewitness (1981), Body Double (1984), Visiting Hours (1982) and Eyes of a Stranger (1981).
Debut theatrical feature film of television actress Morgan Fairchild who played the central character of Jamie Douglas.
The movie's film director David Schmoeller originally wanted Theresa Russell for the lead female role of Jamie Douglas. In the end, this part was cast with actress Morgan Fairchild.
Both Peter Gallagher and Michael Keaton were considered for the role of Derek which in the end was cast with Andrew Stevens.
Actress Morgan Fairchild was cast in the lead central role in this cinema movie thriller after at the time becoming popular in the then current television series Flamingo Road (1980).