MOMO was originally to be a very low-budget labor of love starring Kraft and his eldest son. When he failed to acquire funding for that scenario, he decided to raise the budget and hire established actors, less concerned about doing it cheap and more concerned about doing it the best way he could.
MOMO won the 2010 ZedFed Lo/No Budget Screenplay Contest and a recommendation from the Coalition for Quality Children's Media.
MOMO is short for "Missouri Monster" an actual cryptid, like Sasquatch, which has reported been seen around Louisiana, Missouri since the 1800s.