Director Jonathan Smith often jokes that this film is "edited within an inch of its life." Indeed, between the first and final cuts of the film, he excised 14 minutes of footage, moved numerous scenes to different places in the story, reduced certain scenes to just two or three shots, and re-edited entire sequences in ways that were significantly different from the shooting script. The audio for many of the actors' line readings was often Frankenstein'ed together from numerous takes, sometimes with even single words cut into the middle of a line. Additionally, the film is filled with special effects shots that are hidden to the naked eye. In one instance, Jonathan even cut out an actor's head and superimposed it over the actor's body earlier in the scene to reduce a pause between two lines and thus shorten the scene.
Kyle and Amber's apartment in the film was actress Amy Vorpahl's apartment in real life. Amy also recommended Trevor St. John David for the lead role. For these and other contributions to the film, she received a producer credit.
Actress Amy Vorpahl's sister in the film is played by her real-life twin sister.
Shortly after the film's release, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences requested to add the film's script to their library's permanent Core Collection. The shooting script is now available for study at the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library.
For insurance reasons, director Jonathan Smith couldn't film inside the bakery that was used to depict Amber's bakery. So, to film the interior scenes, he simply put the camera right in the doorway and zoomed in.