During casting for the film, a young woman came in to read for the role of Lou. After she finished, she told the film makers how refreshing it was to actually "read" for a film. She was used to casting people telling her to just take her top off. She didn't get the part, but the producers remember her fondly. Her name was Regina Russell.
Writer Alain Matz told director Fred Tepper that he would write the script for less money if he was given one of the smaller roles in the film. Fred decided to pay him more and keep him off screen.
During casting, an actor who couldn't speak English came in to read for the lead role.
With no money for a production office, the crew worked out of various homes and often had script meetings at Fuddruckers.
The film was originally intended to be shot on digital video. But when the producers weighed the costs of shooting digital and then processing it to look like film and actually shooting film, they found that shooting film was only a few thousand dollars more. They opted to shoot on Super 16 to give the film more quality and credibility than other low-budget genre films like it.