Two of the main characters have the surname Bachman. Stephen King wrote several novels using the pen name Richard Bachman.
Sheriff Pangborn and Deputy Dodd are both recurring characters in Stephen King novels.
Verrill is an eponymous character in a Stephen King short story, played by Stephen King himself in the movie Creepshow.
Lamont has an Eye of the Crimson King tattoo on his arm from Stephen King's Dark Tower series.
The mother and son at the diner are named Danny and Wendy, like the mother and son from Stephen King's book "The Shining."
The motor launch is named "Christine", like the 1958 Plymouth Fury motor car in the eponymous novel by Stephen King.