Makeup artist Stephanie Lynn achieved the bullet wound effect by burning a hole into actor William English's pants with a lighter.
Actors David English (Simon Raynal the troll) and William English (Slick Willy) are brothers.
This film was created for the 48 Hour Film Project. The assigned genre was adventure serial, prop was a melon, line of dialogue was, "It's not easy being me," and the character was Simon Raynal, a penny pincher, tightwad, or cheapskate. At the time of release there are no additional episodes.