Director's Lloyd Kauffman of Toxic Avenger fame, and James Gunn of Marvel Studios and DC fame both attended the premiere of this film in Austin, Texas.
Michael Madsen was the only actor with a trailer on set. Everyone else drove 45 minutes to and from the shooting location.
Despite the film's mixed reviews from audiences and critics, it has maintained a small cult following online with fans of horror and "b-movies".
The school bus scenes were originally intended to be shot with rear projection to imitate the look of 1980's horror film before it was decided to use green screen.
The death scenes inside the cafeteria were achieved using a mixture of practical special effects and post production visual effects. Actors who lost limbs had prosthetic dummies as doubles and wore green hoods, sleeves, and stockings to be removed in post.