Cast and crew recall that John Reynolds was on LSD during filming. It explains his confused behavior and incessant twitching in virtually all of his scenes.
The film had a gala premiere in El Paso. Many local dignitaries attended. Members of the audience began heckling the film during the premiere. Many of the film's cast and crew snuck out of the theater before the film ended, to avoid having to admit being part of it.
The only cast members who were paid for their performances were Jackey Neyman Jones, who got a bicycle, and the Doberman, which got a bag of dog food. The rest of the cast was supposed to receive a cut of the movie's profits, which never materialized. Director Harold P. Warren also gave the crew shares, instead of a salary.
Despite the film's negative reception, Harold P. Warren was so proud of it that he began wearing the Master's robe every Halloween. His son Joe Neal Warren has carried on the tradition.
The entire film was shot with a hand-held camera that could only record 32 seconds of film at a time. It was also shot without sound. All the lines were dubbed later by three men - Warren, Jennings and Neyman (John Reynolds was part of the trip to Dallas for the dubbing but it is unclear if he did his own voice) and a professional Dallas voice-over actress. Jackey Neyman Jones cried when she first heard her dubbed voice.
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