The headboard on Dana's bed was the same headboard on CarolAnne's bed in Poltergeist.
Heather Langenkamp who plays Dr. Georgina Stanton/The Devil in this episode, played Namcy Thompson in the original A Nightmare on Elm Street. She reprised the role in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. She played a fictional version of herself in Wes Craven's New Nightmare, The 7th and Final movie of the Nightmare series.