While preparing to work on "Space Truckers", director Stuart Gordon received the opportunity to develop "Castle Freak". Gordon was in Charles Band's office and noticed a poster entitled "Castle Freak", with a Quasimodo-like man chained to a wall being whipped by a woman. When Gordon asked about it, Band replied, "Well, that's a castle and there's a freak." Band said he had no script, but if Gordon wanted it, he could do whatever he wanted with the idea as long as he maintained the concepts of a castle and a freak. Gordon made the film for about $500,000 When asked why he was prompted to make another low-budget film, Gordon responded that it would be his first film since "Re-Animator" that he could release without a rating, he would be given final cut on the film, and he had the ability to cast whoever he wanted, stating, "Even though the budget was tiny, I had complete control. "