It was described by Femme Fatales magazine as "a feminist fable disguised as an exploitation movie (or vice versa)."
Casting director Michael Candela told Femme Fatales magazine in 1994 that when they were searching for the six Calendar Girls, they auditioned 200 girls he pulled from his files that he knew did nudity and erotic scenes. Of those, 60 girls got callbacks and read a full scene. Thirty were called back and asked to do a striptease for him, the director and producer. He said they were told to strip down to as little as they were comfortable with. Most of them were topless, but some did their dances fully nude. The goal of the striptease was to see what kind of sensuality they gave off because that's what suited the characters. They finally chose the final six girls who then stripped fully nude for the film.
Actress Raelyn Saalman auditioned for one of the main six calendar girls. She told Femme Fatales magazine in 1994 that she had to do a striptease and "body check" during her third audition. Even though she was told she could take off whatever she wanted, she chose to strip totally naked to try and impress the director and producer. She didn't get cast as one of the leads but they liked her enough to cast her in a supporting role.
The script originally began as a horror movie called Garage Girls from Hell. Later it was revised to be a horror comedy. After more rewrites, the violence and gore were reduced and they stressed the humor. The final film had little onscreen blood but still had lots of nudity.
To promote the movie, Raelyn Saalman posed in black bra and panties and Tina Holliman wore a skimpy outfit for photoshoots for the 1994 issue of Femme Fatales magazine. Saalman was so comfortable with nudity, she chatted with the photographer/journalist after the shoot while she stripped off the bra and panties and walked around naked.