The screenplay was originally entitled "Five Faces", and then changed to "Five Faces of Terror" during production. Prior to release, the film's title was changed to "Alien Zone" by the distributor, for unknown reasons, and then changed again to "House of the Dead."
Sharron Miller cast a fair share of the cast with people that she studied acting with in Los Angeles, California.
The second story in the original screenplay had some satirical commentary on Richard Nixon that was ultimately cut from the script.