Directorial debuts for Colin South and John Tatoulis.
Film was originally titled "Mack the Knife."
Director John Tatoulis, several years after making the film, later said in an interview, "I was interested in two things in In Too Deep: one was the corruption of innocents and the other was the strengths and weaknesses of sexuality. And I wanted to set it in an urban landscape. What I was really keen to do was create a mood and a feel through a variety of ways. I believe that film is like a tapestry and all the components that go to making the texture of that tapestry are all important: sound, pictures, editing, performances, direction. If one doesn't work, then the final tapestry won't have the texture the director had in his or her mind to start with. If a film doesn't have a feeling, a feeling that has a texture to it, then it's lacking. So that was something I was very keen to explore: how do I give this film a feeling of claustrophobia, a feeling of heat, a feeling of menace and vulnerability."
The film was raised through private investments, including the producers' own money. Two weeks into the five-week shoot, a major investor bailed out of the production, but they still managed to complete the film.
Shot in 5 weeks.