Production
- The original writer of My Stepmother Is an Alien, Jerico Stone, saw the story as a dark allegory about child abuse, which is how he pitched the film to Paramount Pictures in 1981.
- Shelley Long was originally cast as Celeste, but dropped out due to unknown circumstances.
- The film went into principal photography on 29 February 1988, and wrapped in May of that year. Some location shooting took place in Thousand Oaks, California. The film was released in the United States on 9 December 1988, and was marketed with the tagline: "A million lightyears from home, she's found a husband, a stepdaughter and a dog."
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