The original title was "Seduction".
In the earliest draft of the screenplay, the character Jeffery was an Asian-American teenager.
In the firing range sequence, Carlo paraphrases Martin Scorsese's quote "It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily." This was an intentional inclusion by the Director, Christopher R. Bishop.
Make-up artist Maureen Cavanaugh lobbied for the role of Jeffery's mother in the film after she noticed a similarity between herself and Robert Ackerman. Initially, she was set to just perform make-up effects duties on the production.
Bill Chaput was originally cast as Vinny, but had to bow out due to injury. Tony Pallone was the last major lead actor cast, at the recommendation of Ray Bono.