Shot in eighteen days.
Ian Ziering openly admitted in interview that he disliked the script, but agreed to star in the film anyway for financial reasons. He was about to become a father for the second time, and needed to make a certain amount of money within the calendar year, in order to qualify for Screen Actors Guild health insurance.
Steve Guttenberg was offered the lead role of Fin Shepard, but turned it down. When the film became a cult hit, Guttenberg regretted it to the point that he accepted a role in Syfy's Lavalantula (2015), a movie about giant fire-breathing tarantulas that attack Los Angeles.
Due to the cult following the film received, it got a special one-night theatrical release.
The flooded interior house sequence was shot in a set put in a pool. Unfortunately, the water couldn't be heated, so it was freezing cold. The cast members can be seen shivering in certain shots.