Sam Hell battles Commander Toty on Vasquez Rocks where Cpt Kirk battled the Gorn in the original Star Trek series.
The last film to be shot at the Indian Dunes movie ranch before it was completely plowed under for a housing development.
Kristi Somers who plays Arabella the frog lady spent three hours in make-up each day. It took half an hour to remove all of the make-up at the end of the day.
The part of Sam Hell was written with Tim Thomerson in mind, but New World demurred. Daniel Stern was strongly pushed by New World, but Stern wanted certain aspects of the character changed. Finally it came down between Roddy Piper and Ed Marinaro. Kizer and Jackson selected Piper.