While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic.
One of the few slasher films centered on the Thanksgiving holiday, and one of the few to be directed by a woman.
At least one scene in this film (the hit-and-run at the beginning) was filmed in Porter Ranch, CA, approx. 30 miles from Los Angeles.