Fag Hag is the debut film of director Damion Dietz, who also wrote the film and has a lead role in it alongside Stephanie Orff. It was released in 1998. The film has been praised for its lighting design although panned for its script.
Variety called the film "A rollicking, trashy and frequently quite clever ode to the eternal search for validation and self-esteem by ordinary people with no discernible talent". TV guide was quite more negative, stating, "This ultra-low-budget camp-fest aspires to John Waters levels of audaciousness, but its stoner humor proves closer to Cecil B. Demented than Pink Flamingos."