Sound mixer Steve Norton came up with the idea to have the killer actually be on the phone with actress Seri DeYoung and placed on speaker phone. This allowed for a realistic feel to each scene, however actor Abe Larkin during the time was also working on Freaky Deaky which doubled his hours on set and made it hard to schedule around both productions. This meaning actor Abe Larkin was pulling close to 22 hours a day.