- Actor-Inspired Element: Sam Neill, who was originally a director himself, suggested to John Carpenter that he shoot some of the scenes in the hotel from above.
- Box Office Bomb: Budget, $8 million. Box office, $8.9 million.
- Completely Different Title: Known in France as L'Antre de la folie ("The Lair of Madness"), in Brazil as A Beira da Loucura ("In the Edge of Madness"), in Sweden as I skräckens skugga ("In the Shadow of Fear"), in Germany as Die Mächte des Wahnsinns ("The Powers of Madness") and in Spain as En La Boca del Miedo ("In the Mouth Of Fear").
- Creator Killer: This and Judge Dredd swallowed the writing job of Michael De Luca, who stuck with being an executive at New Line Cinema, DreamWorks SKG and Sony until The Social Network.
- What Could Have Been:
- Rutger Hauer was considered for the role of Sutter Cane.
- Tom Berenger, Gabriel Byrne, Michael Keaton, Ray Liotta and James Woods were considered for the role of John Trent.
- James Coburn was considered for the role of Jackson Harglow.
- Carpenter originally wanted to use Metallica's Enter Sandman for the opening credits, but couldn't afford it
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