This science-fiction film was first released stateside on 20 May 1983, just about one week before the debut of the highly anticipated Le Retour du Jedi (1983), that was launched on 25 May 1983. This was a carefully timed strategy, that aimed at scheduling the film to be released just ahead of the third "Star Wars" movie, when the hype for new science-fiction stories was at its peak.
A number of the film's screenwriters were writers from Marvel Comics.
During production, the name of the villain, played by Michael Ironside, was changed from "King Creep" to "Overdog".
The movie was part of an early-mid 1980s cycle of 3-D movies. These included: Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985), Metalstorm - La tempête d'acier (1983), Les Dents de la mer 3 (1983), Parasite (1982), Amityville 3, la colère des esprits (1983), The Man Who Wasn't There (1983), Silent Madness (1984), Rottweiler (1983), La vengeance impitoyable (1981), Meurtres en 3 dimensions (1982), Le Guerrier de l'espace : Aventures en zone interdite (1983), and Le trésor des quatres couronnes (1983) (Treasure of the Four Crowns).
The "Roadox" vehicle was a converted Canadian snow-cat snow-mobile.