Trivia / Puppets Who Kill

• I Want You to Meet an Old Friend of Mine: James Rankin and Dan Redican had starred together on a Canadian-made children's puppet show four years before this was made.
• Playing Against Type: James Rankin, who plays Buttons, is usually cast as either adult authority figures or cute animals, usually with an affinity for music. Here, he plays a take on the latter role that's a little more adult than his previous ones.
  • Same applies with Gord Robertson, who normally is cast in family-friendly fare (including some Jim Henson projects and Zoboomafoo), playing a ventriloquist dummy who's an unhinged serial killer.