- Actor Allusion: Cosby's character convinces the crazy Satanist cab driver that he's actually Satan incarnate. Cosby had previously portrayed Satan in the Disney movie The Devil and Max Devlin.
- When Edith pops in near the end to explain the situation, he helps himself to some Jell-O what was in the family's fridge.
- Creator Killer:
- Leonard Part 6 destroyed Cosby's film career. This film buried it under six feet of concrete.
- After this film, Sidney Poitier had no directing credits up to his death in 2022.
- Critical Dissonance: Holds an approval rating of 6% on Rotten Tomatoes but audiences polled this film on Cinema Score and it got an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.
- Dawson Casting: Teenager Diane's actress, Kimberly Russell, was 24 at the time of filming.
- Dueling Movies: Released two weeks before and eventually got curb-stomped by Ghost (1990).
- Real-Life Relative: Pamela Poitier, the daughter of director Sidney Poitier, appears as Nurse Satler. Pamela also worked as a production assistant on the movie.
- Star-Derailing Role: As the film didn't do so well, Bill Cosby's career in film became as dead as he was in the film.
- What Could Have Been: Raven-Symoné auditioned for the part of Amanda but was too young. Bill Cosby still saw potential and got her a spot as Olivia on The Cosby Show.
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