Actor Crispin Glover auditioned for the part of Bo and tested with Maxwell Caulfield. According to the audio commentary for the film, Director Penelope Spheeris said Glover's performance was "too psychotic".
An early work by writers Glen Morgan and James Wong who would go on to become one of the chief architects of The X Files (1993). The two were about 17 when they sold their screenplay.
Maxwell Caulfield channeled a lot of latent anger and frustration in his role as he had been unable to land another job in the two years since the failure of ग्रीस २ (1982).
Penelope Spheeris was motivated to make the film after reading about a serial killer who complained about how long it took him to kill someone.