The film was titled "Blue Lights" and it was released in overseas markets as "Blue Lights", but for domestic video distribution it was released as "Curse of the Blue Lights." Both titles refer to the same film. The film is based upon a number of local Pueblo, Colorado historical elements of where it was made. For instance, there was a teenage parking area called "Blue Lights" and there was an actual missing link creature created by a con man named the "Muldoon Man" in the 1880s, so called because of Muldoon Hill where it was found.
In 1990, "Curse of the Blue Lights" was an "invited feature" to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Festival in Rome, Italy.