Caitlin Howden's debut.
Eliza Kephart said in an interview that they originally planned to shoot on Super-8 film to save money, but decided to go with 16mm for better quality. Then they got access to a 35mm Technoscope camera, so switched to that size film.
Before production started, co-producer Annie MacDonald got in touch with the organizer of the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal. He read the script, and after meeting with the director, wrote a reference letter saying that he'd put the film in the festival whenever it was ready. That letter helped the director and producers get investors, actors, and crew interested in the project.
Star Anne Day-Jones was so committed to her role that she ate fake guts made from curried chicken covered in Hershey's syrup, even though she's a vegetarian.
It was originally going to be a silent film, but Ezra Kephart said once they started editing, she realized that wasn't going to work because they didn't have enough coverage and the widescreen format of Techniscope didn't lend itself to being intercut with inter titles. So they decided to add dubbing ala Spaghetti Westerns. After completing the rough cut, they began dubbing the film with some of the original actors and some new voice talent.