Director J.L. Carrozza had wanted to make this film since he was 16 and had made a short film with musician/internet personality Neil Cicierega based on "The Boy Who Cried Wolf".
The film was initially to be called "Little Red Riding Hood: Extra Gory Version" and then "Little Red Riding Hood: The True Story".
The money for both this film and Carrozza's later Dream House (2009) was raised entirely from his own wallet. The films were filmed entirely in and around Plymouth County, Massachusetts and cast with non-professional locals, most of whom once frequented an open mike in Plymouth, MA and some of which are not unlike the characters which they portrayed.
The Wolf pulls out a copy of Men Behind the Sun (1988) in his introductory sequence, directed by Tun-Fei Mou. J.L. Carrozza later met and interviewed Mou on two occasions.
J.L. Carrozza: [Strong Female Characters] Little Red Riding Hood is a strong female character and this film began Carrozza's penchant for using female protagonists.