This film later gained renewed interest and ultimately cult status when it was the subject of jokes on both Beavis and Butt-Head (1993) and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009).
In the short story that the movie was based on, the dozer was a Caterpillar model D7. The dozer was nicknamed 'Daisy Etta,' which resembles the Spanish translation of D7: 'De siete.'
Marvel Comics published an illustrated adaptation in "Worlds Unknown" #6 (April 1974) by Gerry Conway, Dick Ayers, Ernie Chan, and Artie Simek. The adaptation drew elements from both the TV Movie and the original Theodore Sturgeon short story that appeared in the November 1944 issue of "Astounding Science Fiction."
The maximum forward speed of the Caterpiller D9 is 7.3 mph. The average adult male can jog at 8.3 mph.
The Wisconsin rock band Killdozer took their name from this film nine years later.