Remake of Troma Entertainment's R-rated 1984 low-budget action-comedy splatter film. The original film generated three sequels, and expanded into numerous variations including: a 1990 animated children's TV series spin-off called Toxic Crusaders, a musical stage production, and a Marvel comic book series.
Originally announced as Troma Entertainment's first PG-13 film since Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1990) before given the R-rating
Taylour Paige and Jacob Tremblay shares the same birthday (October 5th) but were born in sixteen years apart from each other. Paige was born in 1990 and Tremblay was born in 2006.
Kevin Bacon and Taylour Paige would later go on to Star in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024).