The only one of her 62 feature films for which Agnes Moorehead received top billing. However, this is also the second of only two films Moorehead did in which she was the lead, the other being 1959's The Bat (1959) (Vincent Price received top billing).
One of 13 titles included in Avco Embassy's Nightmare Theater package syndicated for television in 1975, and the only non European one.
While the producers held out hope that they might be granted a PG rating, the film was initially rated X by the MPAA. The film was unanimously granted an R rating on appeal with no changes made to the film.