Trivia

This film features many great horror directors who act and/or direct. John Carpenter, director of Halloween (1978), plays "The Coroner" who introduces each segment, as well as directs two of the stories, "The Gas Station" and "Hair." Tobe Hooper, director of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), plays "Man #2" (Morgue Worker) and directs the last segment, "Eye." Wes Craven, director of A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), plays "Pasty-Faced Man" at "The Gas Station." Sam Raimi, director of The Evil Dead (1981), plays "Dead Bill" in "The Gas Station." Roger Corman plays Dr. Bregman in the segment "Eye."

John Carpenter spent three hours in the make-up chair for his role as The Coroner.

Was made as the pilot episode for a proposed anthology series to air on Showtime, but Showtime pulled the plug.

(at around 2 mins) In "The Gas Station," as Bill is watching TV, the anchorman mentions a body was found in Haddonfield, a reference to John Carpenter's earlier film, Halloween (1978).

Clive Barker was asked to play a role, but had to decline because he was busy at the time.