Director William Malone had to sell most of his possessions (including his car and mortgaging his house) in order to raise enough money to make the movie.
Director William Malone said in an interview that actor/performer Rick Springfield was originally cast in the starring role of Ted Lonergan. He however called up Malone the night before filming began saying he couldn't be in his film because he was going to miss too many acting classes. Malone called up John Stinson whom he remembered from an improv class and begged him to be in the film.
Director William Malone said the first sale for the picture was to Malaysia for $90,000. They were already making a profit since the film only cost $74,000 to make.
It took William Malone 3 months to build and sculpt the suit for the Syngenor monster, which he admits was inspired by H.R. Giger's design from the movie Alien (1979).
Director William Malone decided to make a monster movie because it was the type of film that you could get a lot of production value for very little money. He had experience making monster masks as he previously worked as a designer at a Halloween mask factory.
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