2 years after its DVD release in 2008, director Jack Messitt got the chance to do a revised version of the movie. According to Messitt, production company Bigfoot Entertainment was so impressed with the DVD sales that they eventually gave him more money to update the movie with new scenes and better special/sound effects. The new version was released as "Midnight Movie: Killer Cut" on DVD in 2011.
The house used in the, 'movie within the movie' is the same house used for the Firefly family home in Rob Zombie's, "The Devil's Rejects". It's located at the Sable Ranch in California