Ed Harris originally wore very long hair extensions as a joke, but the director decided to keep them in the film.
Katy O'Brian learned about her role through social media, when a fan sent her a post with a casting call for a queer bodybuilder.
Principal photography began in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in June 2022. Production concluded by August 2022.
The film began test screening in February 2023. According to one account, the "audience was having visceral reactions to the gore, blood and puking throughout" during a screening in New York City.