Umlingisi uChristina Ricci, othathe udonga wakhe esengumntwana "emndenini wakwa-Addams", usanda kuthunyelwa ehlukaniso noPames James Heedegen futhi wamsola ngodlame lwasekhaya. Yaziwa ukuthi umlingisi uzodlala ngefilimu entsha ebizwa ngokuthi "manstrous", lapho umlingiswa wakhe ozobaleka enganeni emyeni womdlwenguli.
I-Film Studio Studio Film Mode Entertainment Nemidiya Yezikrini Itholwe amalungelo ahlanganayo ukukhombisa ifilimu. Maphakathi nesakhiwo kuzoba nomndeni lapho uLaura ehlaselwa njalo ngumlingani womshado. Uthatha umzamo wokundiza nendodana eneminyaka engu-7 ubudala endaweni ekude. Ngemuva kokuphunyuka kwe-heroine ithola ukuthi banendodana yakhe embi futhi ayinakwenzeka. Ngaphezu kukaChristina Ricci, uCollin Camp uzodlala kwifilimu, uSantino Barnard, uDon Baldaramos nabanye.
Igebe elikhulu nomngane wakhe oshade naye laliba nzima ngoRicci: wafaka isicelo sokuqapha ngokuphelele indodana eneminyaka engu-6 ubudala eHeregor Freddie. Ngokusho kokuvinjelwa, indoda yangaphambili ayinalo ilungelo lokusondela ku-Christine, uFreddie nenja yabo. Ngokusho komlingisi, waphinde wabhekelwa ubudlova obungokomzimba kusukela kwalowo ongowakwabo ngaphambili phambi kwendodana yakhe, eyaqala ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa. Ngemuva kokushaywa okunye, ngesikhathi sokuzifaka, kwabalandeli abanolwazi lwe-RICCI, abaletha isehlukaniso.