Due to the DIY nature of the film's segments, "The Devil's Spunk" has mixed crew credits, as the director and his actors would change jobs to whatever was needed for each shot. All the cast members have experience working behind the camera, as well as in front of it.
During the Rufus segment of "Actual Factual Truths", it's possible to see various references on the white board, including "TRIOXIN-245" (a reference to "Return of the Living Dead") and C.H.U.D. (a reference to the 1984 film) - along with names of characters (Senator Briggs, Senor Dios) from the segments and slang terms for Spunk.
In the segment "High Score," the character of Bill says, "Should I say he's taking BS-128? White Claudia? CHUD?" This is both a reference to director Christopher Jayawardena's previous feature film "Downcast" and to Silent Hill (where White Claudia is the name of a flower/drug that induces the "Otherside" visions) and the 1984 film C.H.U.D.
When prepping his segment High Score, writer/director Christopher Jayawardena decided to make something he referred to as "Mazes and Monsters for the Joe Lieberman set" (in reference to both the 1980 made-for-TV movie and former US Senator Joseph Lieberman, who raged against video game violence in the 1990s). With this in mind, he set out to include as many nods to video games as possible. Including character names from Castlevania and Contra (Simon, Bill, Lance), visualizing archetypes from action/fighting games (Street Thugs, Wizards, Soldiers, Ninjas), and giving most of the visual effects a pixellated, 8-Bit/16-Bit design.
In the segment "Spunk of the Reaper," the line "You either shoot or get off the pot, Ponyboy" is said to Darry, in reference to his greaser-like appearance mirroring Ponyboy from "The Outsiders."