Kevin Doherty made the film as a tribute to the Godfather of Gore, Herschell Gordon Lewis and wanted the main character to have a similar name as Montag the Magnificent from "The Wizard of Gore." Being a big Star Wars fan, he stole the name Mandalor from the Star Wars universe, surmising in 2008, when "Lights, Camera BLOOD" was written, that maybe only a handful of fans would catch that he stole it.