* BrokenBase: Fans of the film are split on the comic adaptation.
* CultClassic: The film wasn't exactly a hit but it has a strong group of fans for being a horror-comedy before ''Scream'' popularised the subgenre.
* HilariousInHindsight: The teenage couple are played by two actors who would star in competing SupernaturalSoapOpera TV shows; Creator/HollyMarieCombs in ''{{Series/Charmed|1998}}'' and Creator/GlennQuinn in ''{{Series/Angel}}''. Creator/KeithDiamond who plays Officer Reitz would also star in ''Charmed'' too - as a police officer yet again.
* SoBadItsGood: It's not exactly a good film, but the over-the-top deaths and punny one liners on the part of the killer make it very entertaining for some.
* {{Squick}}: How did Evan Jr. manage to escape the raging mob that killed his father? He was hiding in his mother's ''corpse'', and is shown cutting his way out of it with a scalpel.
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