The director's earlier film Cannibal Farm was heavily influenced by The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and this film is heavily influenced by The Hills Have Eyes, and Wrong Turn.
The original title of the film is 'The Barge People'. The alternative title is 'Mutant River' for the German market etc.
The canal sequences were shot on location in Bradford Upon Avon, in Wiltshire, England.
The movie's real title is Mutant River.