Original director Keith Salvat worked for nineteen days before being replaced.
This film is considered an "Ozploitation" (Australian exploitation) picture. The category is used for post-1971 low-budget comedy, horror, and action films many of which had an R (18+) rating classification. The Australian DVD and Blu-Ray release of 'Crosstalk' (1982) has on the front cover of the slick the ''Ozploitation Classics'' series logo.
The film during development and pre-production was originally known as 'High Rise' then 'Wall to Wall'.
Mark Egerton replaced Keith Salvat as the film's director.
The rehearsal period for the film ran for three weeks.