Nightmare

George Tatum

Susan Temper

C.J. Temper

Bob Rosen

Kathy the Babysitter

Man with Cigar (as John Watkins)

Paul Williamson (as William Milling)

Young George

George's Father (as William S. Kirksey)

George's Mother

Tammy Temper

Kim Temper

Barbara

Steve

Joe

Candy, the Jogger (as Candy Marchese)

Tony Walker

Burt Daniels

Chief Cotter

Real Estate Agent

Gatsby's Singer

Woman in Booth

Show World Dancer (as Danielle Galiana)

Hospital Attendant

Hospital Attendant

Police Officer

Police Officer

Police Officer

Police Officer

Police Officer

Police Officer

Police Officer

Police Officer

Police Officer

(uncredited)

Came to attention of the British censors as a video nasty in the early 1980s mainly because of several gimmicks, which included providing a vomit bag with the video and a competition to guess the weight of a 'brain' in a jar.

Director Romano Scavolini claims that all the main special make-up effects for the film were designed and created by Tom Savini and only the prosthetic effects were done by other people (mainly the late Leslie Larraine). There are also photos placing Savini on set. Savini has distanced himself from the project and says that he was just a consultant for the film. Ed French (who supervised the special make-up effects for the New York sequences) also says that Savini didn't do any hands-on work, only giving advice and direction to the special effects crew.

Tom Savini is credited as the film's make-up effects artist. In fact he was only a consultant and threatened to sue over the use of his name to promote the film. Some video prints still bear Savini's credit as "Effects Director". The effects were actually created by Ed French.

Obvious dummy during the climactic decapitation. The neck clearly opens up on the right side even though the boy swings at it from the left side.

During the throat slashing scene near the beginning, blood does not gush out rapidly and nonstop as it should.

When the young man is smoking on the stair, he is only wearing his underpants, the scene then cuts to his girlfriend taking a shower, then we see him back on the stair, smoking, and then he is wearing a t-shirt too.