Orson Chaplin, who plays the murderous carjacker Jenkins, (In the "Dead" segment by Mick Garris) is a direct grandson of Charlie Chaplin.
Nightmare Cinema was a parody of rock band Dream Theater, where they would all switch instruments.
The music notes at the beginning where the patron is entering the cinema is very similar, if not the same as another horror anthology Creepshow (1982).
Richard Chamberlain's final film.
First and thus far only movie Joe Dante has done without Dick Miller.