One of Benji Sandergaard's inspirations for this film is the "Teddy Perkins" episode of Donald Glover's FX series "Atlanta".
Anya Beaumont's last name is a reference to Charles Beaumont, the writer of 22 episodes of "The Twilight Zone (1959-64)".
Other inspirations for this film are Hard Candy (2005), Audition (1999), American Psycho (2000), Get Out (2017), and the Twilight Zone episode "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street".
This is Trepidatious Productions' first short film.