Co-stars, lead actress Meg Tilly and veteran actor Hume Cronyn, had both recently just worked on their most previously released picture with actress Glenn Close, on 'The Big Chill' (1983) and 'The World According to Garp' (1982) respectively. All three are Oscar (Academy Award) nominees who have never won [to date, June 2021].
Leonard Maltin gave it 1 1/2 stars, describing it as a "plodding reverse variation on Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) - here everyone exhibits too much emotion." Later, Meg Tilly would actually co-star in a movie called 'Body Snatchers' (1993) - a remake of 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' (1956, 1978).
The film's lead actress Meg Tilly and the movie's head producer Tim Zinnemann were married between 1983 and 1989. The pair had two children - Emily (b. 1984) and David (b. 1986).
Director Graham Baker and actors Bill Paxton and Hume Cronyn all have connections with working on major alien movies. Baker later directed 'Alien Nation' (1988), whilst Paxton and Cronyn both later co-starred in 'Aliens' (1986) and 'Cocoon' (1985) respectively. All three pictures were produced by the 20th Century Fox studio and were all made and first released during the mid-late 1980s.
Second and final of two theatrical feature film collaborations of actress Meg Tilly and producer Tim Zinnemann. The two movies, which both had one word titles, were 'Tex' (1982) and 'Impulse' (1984). Production Designer Jack T. Collis also worked on both of these pictures.