Despite receiving top billing on the DVD releases of this film, as well as a mention in the opening credits as a special appearance by, cult hero Bruce Campbell only makes a brief appearance in the film as a policeman at the very end.
The song that Randy (Sam Raimi) sings is the one Shelly sings in The Evil Dead (1981), directed by Raimi.
The Paramount VHS video cover (along with various other video and DVD releases), and the film's trailers, all reveal the identity of the killer, thus spoiling the film's dramatic tension.
The film was shot in an actual grocery store in Bell, California during the evenings when the store was closed.
Bruce Campbell, Sam Raimi, and Ted Raimi were all heavily promoted by Paramount as the stars of the film, and their names feature prominently on video and DVD artwork, but none of them are actually the stars of the picture.
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