After the release of the film, Russell Mulcahy received a surprise phone call from Steven Spielberg who was curious on how he achieved some of the effects in the dream sequence such as the shot of the two moons.
A full-sized, fully animatronic model razorback was built at a cost of $250,000 and is seen for only a few minutes.
Beth Winters listens to the Duran Duran song "New Moon on Monday" on her car radio just before being attacked. Director Russell Mulcahy made music videos for the hit new wave band before landing his first motion picture job: Razorback.
According to the Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) audio commentary, Russell Mulcahy said that the producer of this film offered him the chance to direct it after seeing the Duran Duran music video "Hungry Like The Wolf," also directed by Mulcahy.
Director of photography Dean Semler was hired on the strength of his work on The Road Warrior (1981).
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