Steve Hawkes' character is named after B movie director Herschell Gordon Lewis.
The movie's cast was made up of acting students from Grinter's class.
The turkey-monster head that Steve Hawkes wears was made of paper mache.
The original financier backed out during production and left directors Brad F. Grinter and Steve Hawkes to complete the movie with their own resources.
The movie was originally rated X due to violent content.
Years later when asked about the movie Steve Hawkes referred to it as "a sad chapter in my life."
The victim that gets his leg cut off by a table saw was an actual amputee.