Production
This was Barrymore's second film based on King's writing; she had previously appeared in Firestarter in 1984: both De Laurentiis productions, filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina.
The Police song "Every Breath You Take" is heard in a few places. Since the original version was too expensive for this low-budget production, a cover version was used.
Frank Welker (of Transformers fame) provided the voices of General the Cat and the Troll. One of the cartoon characters on the balloons in Amanda's room, with which the Troll uses to attempt its getaway, is Baby Kermit from Muppet Babies whom Welker had also voiced.
The film features a number of nods to other Stephen King works. In the beginning of the film, the cat is running away from the rabid St. Bernard from Cujo (which Lewis Teague also directed), and runs directly in front of the 1958 Plymouth Fury from Christine. During "Quitters, Inc.", James Woods' character is seen watching The Dead Zone on television (he clicks off the television in disgust, remarking "I don't know who writes this crap"), and Amanda's mother in the last segment is reading Pet Sematary in bed. The third segment takes place in Wilmington, NC, the same setting as Maximum Overdrive.
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