Several actors in this movie appeared in the Friday the 13th horror films. Director Deborah Voorhees also appeared in Friday the 13th 5: The New Beginning (1985).
There is a A Nightmare on Elm Street throwback towards the beginning of this film. The killer repeatedly calls out the name Tina, in the same manner Fred Krueger calls out Tina's name in the original Elm St.
Clever Halloweens throwback; the killer leaves Dee Wallace a gift box and it addresses her as Cynthia Strode. A. Cynthia Strode (played by Dee Wallace) is Laurie Strode's mom in Rob Zombie's Halloween. B. Cynthia is the name of Michael Myers's baby sister is the book version of the original Halloween. She survived the car crash that killed her parents and she is later adopted and her named is changed to Laurie Strode.
Actor Corey Feldman also starred in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter and part V