The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office showed up during the barbershop robbery after a real-life customer walked past the shop's plate glass window and observed what he believed to be a real-life robbery. Many shops in the area of strip-malls had recently been robbed in real life. The police were cool, with one even asking how she could get into the movie business.
The FX team Alex Breijak and Erin McCarthy hand crafted the intestines from scratch for the big disenbowelment scene, and the throat slashings and ear being cut off were accomplished with blood tubes. The wolf scars on Lobo Malo's face were also a special effect.
This was a one day, two location shoot, and was shot completely on an iPhone 6 for the Original iPhone Film Festival competition.