The combination of black and white and color film stock is in tribute to the Hammer Films of the sixties and seventies, and Lindsay Anderson's If.
This film is dedicated to directors Ken Russell, Kenneth Anger, and Lindsay Anderson.
The true life Parsons never created a jetpack.
Werewolves, shape-shifting, and animated phantasy sequences also in appear in Beville's other film: Blackstar Canyon.
The particle beam weapons are loosely based on Nikola Tesla death ray and Wilhelm Reich orgone ray designs.