Director Di Silvestro emphasized in interview that he was trying to make a "serious" film about lycanthropy. Di Silvestro also claimed the film to be the first focused on a werewolf woman, which is untrue as the theme had been explored as early as The Werewolf in 1913.
Director Di Silvestro asserted that his film was intended to be a serious portrayal of lycanthropy. He also claimed it to be the first movie to focus on a female werewolf, but this claim is inaccurate as the theme had been explored before in The Werewolf (1913).