When asked why he didn't make the violence more extreme, director Sean Cain said because he didn't want to turn it into "torture porn garbage," which he hates. He added, "I don't get why an audience wants to see people tortured for torture sake, but then again there's a lot of crazy fuckers out there."
Erotic thriller legend Monique Parent was introduced to Sean Cain through a mutual actress friend of theirs at the time. He tested them both for the role of Selma and thought Parent was outstanding, so he cast her. As a result, the other actress was pissed off and never spoke to him again.
Sean Cain said he wasn't sure about casting Jason Mewes at first, because he only knew him from the goofy Kevin Smith comedies. But he said Mewes did a great job and thought it ended up being one of his best performances. But Cain felt he wasn't really committed to the project and only did it because he needed money at the time. Once he did all his scenes, he was immediately out of there and didn't support the film afterwards.