Trivia

James Earl Jones turned down the part of Grendel when he found out that this movie would be animated.

Seven new original songs were composed especially for this movie by Music Composer Bruce Smeaton.

Second full-length Australian animated theatrical movie after Marco Polo, Jr. (1972). In between also had been the mixed animated and live-action Australian movie Dot et le Kangourou (1977).

First Australian animated theatrical movie that contained adult themes.

The Australian DVD sleeve notes state that this movie is a "cult tale (which) is a part re-telling of the epic poem Beowulf, told from the perspective of the great monster Grendel. Revisionist in part, it presents the other side of the story, the tale of a contemplative monster desperate to find meaning in life."

Phillip Adams: The Producer as the prologue narrator.