The film's plot is quite similar to that of Stephen King's short story 'The Monkey', leading many to believe that the filmmakers plagiarized the story.
Originally started off as a student film venture on behalf of SF State.
Shot on a horse ranch owned by the director's mother.
The fair (shown briefly at about 9 minutes into the movie) was the "Foley & Burk Show of Shows" (claimed to be the largest fair on the west coast). It was a traveling fair and at the time of the making of this movie, the fair was set in Santa Rosa, California.
Caris Palm replaced Karil Daniels as a 1st Assistant DP midway into production.