Cast
In addition to the film's "Corman University" being named for horror/sci-fi director/producer Roger Corman, several last names of the main characters are based on other horror/sci-fi directors:
- Jason Lively as Chris Romero, named after George A. Romero
- Jill Whitlow as Cynthia Cronenberg, named after David Cronenberg
- Tom Atkins as Ray Cameron, named after James Cameron
- Steve Marshall as James Carpenter "J.C." Hooper, named after John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper
- Wally Taylor as Dt. Landis, named after John Landis
- Bruce Solomon as Sgt. Raimi, named after Sam Raimi
- David Paymer as the young scientist.
- Robert Kino as Mr. Miner, named after Steve Miner
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