While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic.
At least one scene in this film (the hit-and-run at the beginning) was filmed in Porter Ranch, CA, approx. 30 miles from Los Angeles.
One of the few slasher films centered on the Thanksgiving holiday, and one of the few to be directed by a woman.