Based on genuine court proceedings against animals.
The dream sequence is based on an Hieronymous Bosch painting.
Pincheon mentions the brain's "little eye" (in Courtois' dream), probably referencing early theories on the pineal gland.
Appearing on the American talk show The Talk (2010) in 2012, executive producer Harvey Weinstein recalled this movie as being the worst movie he had worked on, a complete disaster, and urged the audience not to see it.
Sophie Dix's debut.