* CreatorBacklash: Leif Garrett has said that if he could buy up every copy of this film, he would.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Was loosely based on the murder of Kirsten Costas in 1984.
* ThrowItIn: D.D.'s dog actually belonged to the actress playing her, who brought it on the set.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The 1991 film ''Camp Fear'' was supposed to be a sequel to this.
!!General trivia
One of the studios that produced the film was Creator/{{Daiei}}, creator of the Film/{{Gamera}} series. During the 80's the studio was able to come back from their bankruptcy earning some money distributing American slasher films in Japan, and as a result decided to help produce one to take advantage of the genre's popularity going on in the country at the time.