On its theatrical showing in Australia, protest from feminist groups lead to the event being cancelled at the Palace Cinema complex. The Ultima Function Centre (Victoria) faced abuse and threats from feminists but refused to cancel the event hosted on their premises.
In addition to directing and producing The Red Pill, Cassie Jaye also edited the entire film herself.
Over 100 hours of raw footage was filmed for The Red Pill before being edited down to a 2 hour film. Cassie Jaye has released much of the unused footage on her YouTube channel, calling the deleted scenes "The Red Pill: Raw Files".
All production costs were financed solely by director Cassie Jaye, her boyfriend (now husband) Evan Davies, and Cassie's mother, Nena Jaye.
All of The Red Pill's Associate Producer credits were gifted to those people because of their donation to the film's Kickstarter Campaign, which was launched in October 2015 in order to raise post-production funding to complete the film. The Associate Producers did not have any involvement in the film's creation other than donating to the Kickstarter. Additionally, none of the Associate Producers saw the film until after the film's public theatrical release.