In Canada, the film was released under the title Hemoglobin, which redirects to this page. This is the uncut version of the film, which includes about one minute of extra footage that is not included in Bleeders. This includes a nude scene between actors Roy Dupuis and Kristin Lehman.
This film is loosely based on the short story The Lurking Fear by American author H.P. Lovecraft. The original story was written in November, 1922 and published in serial format in Home Brew in four installments from January-April, 1923. It was also adapted into a feature film called Lurking Fear in 1994.
There are a total of twenty-three credited cast members in this film.
This film had a production budget of approximately 8,000,000 in Canadian dollars.