The movie was acquired by Charles Band at the behest of Blockbuster Video, a long time supporter of Band during the Full Moon Pictures era, due to the late '90s resurgence of the slasher horror subgenre, thanks to Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer. With the help of an uncredited Tempe Entertainment, Band produced Bleed and acquired Keith Walley's Scared, renaming it Cut Throat.