[8] The film stars all members of the boy band Super Junior, with the exception of Kyuhyun who was injured and still recovering from a car accident on 19 April 2007.
[3] The story centres around a series of attacks on popular high school students or commonly called flower boys that occurred on the 14th of each month, which started on Valentine's Day.
The most recent incident, which occurred on 14 April, had Kim Yesung, vocalist of a rock band from Nadam High School, as its victim.
He wrote on his blog that he predicted the next victim would be either Choi Siwon, the president of the student body council, Heechul, the stylish president of the dance club, or Kangin, the captain of the judo team who became a school champion by only mastering one move, ippon seoi nage.
Seeing this, both Heechul and Kangin try to increase their popularity by uploading attractive pictures on their blogs, in hopes that the perpetrator would choose them as the next victim.
Donghae, who was also a member of the dance club, told Heechul that he had figured out that the perpetrator will attack the victim near the garbage dumping ground between 9 and 10 pm.
The next day, Donghae received much attention from the school students, as he had become the newest and the final victim of the serial attacks.
[19] The new production company also revealed that the film will be directed by Lee Kwon, with members of the boy band Super Junior as the main cast.
[20][21] Kim Hee-chul's original role as the first victim of the serial attacks in the film was replaced by band-mate Lee Sung-min.
[3][23] Kyuhyun's original role as the basketball player from Geosang High School was taken by band-mate, Han Geng.
[22] Principal photography started in April 2007 and was completed in fifty days, with the film being set to hit the cinema during school's summer vacation.
[29] However, some of the audience interpreted Attack on the Pin-Up Boys as a "comic fantasy sci-fi action" film, as there is a scene where Siwon shot a laser beam towards Ryeowook using his hand.
[34] The film's trailer was revealed at the SM Town Summer Concert which was held at Olympic Gymnastics Arena on 30 June and 1 July 2007.
[27] The main cast; members of the boy band Super Junior, held many stage greetings to promote their film, and became the largest event of its kind.
[37] Attack on the Pin-Up Boys held its premiere on the evening of 16 July 2007 at Sinchon Megabox in Seoul, South Korea.
[47] However, the film's home media released in DVD format became a best seller and was sold-out in both Korea and oversea markets, selling 14,000 units as of March 2008.
[49] The newspaper also said that the manhwa-like characters and experimental production brought the film to life but it has an awkward ending, saying "The intention was to point out the evils of the internet, but it was too hard to relate".
[49] Edaily, a Korean news website, concluded that the film is "fun" and praised the good actings of the cast.