Director Richard Donner cameos as an audience member during Ulric's burial death and can be seen chanting "Ulric, Ulric, Ulric!" along with the crowd. His wife, Lauren Shuler Donner producer of the X-Men franchise, is sitting beside him.
Joe Pantoliano would later make an uncredited cameo as a blackjack dealer in a Season 4 episode of Tales From the Crypt, "Split Personality."
Considered to be the "pilot" of the series depending on what part of the United States it was first shown.
The ringmaster tells Ulric that HBO has sent their check. Tales from the Crypt was produced and aired by HBO.