Charles McCrann, the film's director, writer, and one of the actors appearing in it, died in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
It is one of the films labeled a "video nasty" and was banned in the United Kingdom in the 1980s.
The film was given a limited release theatrically in the United States by Parker National Distributing. It was also shown twice on the USA Network channel.
This film was rejected for a cinema release in the UK by the BBFC in 1980.
It was shown on the USA network many times in the 80's. It was regularly shown on Commander USA's Groovie Movies and USA Saturday Nightmares.