Deathwave was directed, produced and written by Toranong Srichua, a film director famous in the 1980s and 1990s, especially with erotic films. This was his first film in five years after last working on Unhuman in 2004. Srichua explained he made this film to warn the Thai people about disasters that might happen in the near future. It was first Thai film in which the Prime Minister is a main character.
