In the winter of 2001, Sean Weathers emailed Aswad a rough outline of the script that would eventually become House of the Damned. At that point, House of the Damned was just a 20 minute short. Sean eventually elongated the script to approximately 72 minutes. Sean and Aswad cast mostly their friends and some actors that Aswad had met during his casting for "Heaven Ain't Hard to Find" in 2000. Filming began in February 2002 in Boston, Massachusetts. The project was filmed over two weekends the first in Boston and the second at Sean's house in Brooklyn. The process was hectic, filled with arguments, drug use and controversy. Sean, who was somewhat inexperienced at handling personnel at that point had his hands full, but his strength and iron will pulled him thought the production phase of the project. By late Sunday there was enough footage for a complete film.