The name of the main female character (Rhonda Malone) was changed to "Sandra" in the Hungarian version of this film. "Rhonda" means "ugly" in Hungarian.
Adam Baldwin (Ike Dimick) was prepping for the long, arduous filming of Full Metal Jacket (1987) during this film. You could tell by his physical shape, as he'd gotten more muscular than he had in D.C. Cab (1983), a few years earlier.
Jason Bateman is credited on the RCA Columbia Pictures VHS box for Poison Ivy, but does not appear in the film.
Michael J. Fox and Nancy McKeon starred in High School U.S.A. (1983).
The second of three movies that the late composer Miles Goodman wrote a score for a Michael J. Fox movie. The others were High School U.S.A. (1983) and Teen Wolf (1985).