Filmed in late 1988 - early 1989, and shown once at a French film festival in May 1989, but did not go into wide release until August 1990. This was released in many areas outside of the United States with the title "Terminator II", a supposed "sequel" to James Cameron's The Terminator (1984), despite having nothing to do with Cameron's film. Due to rights issues, it wasn't released in the United States until 2018, when Severin Films released the film on DVD and Blu-ray.
Only one set was built for this film.
Unreleased officially in the U.S. until a 2018 Blu-ray edition from Severin Films.
Haven Tyler's only role. Prior to this she was a model and acted in a few commercials.
Haven Tyler said in a 2021 interview that after she was cast for this film, she called her lawyer father to tell him she was leaving school the second half of senior year to go do the film in Italy. There was dead silence on the other end, and then he asked what kind of movie? She said a horror movie and he asked if there are monsters and would she get to kill the monsters? When she said yes, he said, "That's fantastic!"