It was discovered that director Victor Salva had been molesting the film's 12-year-old star, Nathan Forrest Winters, during production. Later, several videos and pictures of a sexual nature of the film's co-star Brian McHugh were also discovered in Salva's house, indicating that he was also molested, but his parents wouldn't let him get involved in the case that was built against Salva.
Shout! Factory turned down the chance to license this film from Metro-Goldwyn Mayer for a Blu-Ray release as part of their Scream Factory spin-off label. The reason cited was the controversy surrounding the child-molestation charges against Victor Salva.
At the time director Victor Salva was arrested, everything but the re-looping for this movie had already been completed. Re-dubbing took place during post-production due to the loud noises the cameras made during filming. Nathan Forrest Winters has said he had to go to Coppola's house to take part in the re-dubbing for a month, a time in which he was blackballed by nearly everyone--and told by Coppola himself that he would never work in the industry again.
As requested by the family of Nathan Forrest Winters, Victor Salva's child-molestation victim and the main star, the film was legally pulled from the market and has never been redistributed on home video.
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