Trivia: In the movie, when we first see Lady Jane Grey, we see a painting of Helena Bonham Carter as Jane. The portrait this was based on was long believed to be the only known portrait of Lady Jane but is now reclassified as Henry VIII's last wife, Catherine Parr. It is in the National Portrait Gallery, London, England.
Trivia: John Cleese and Ann Way both starred in the Fawlty Towers episode "Gourmet Night", in which Cleese played his recurring role of Basil Fawlty and Way played the guest Mrs Hall.
Trivia: Fievel was named after Steven Spielberg's grandfather.
Trivia: Diana Scarwid ab-libbed the famous opening line, "There is no God!".
Trivia: When Noah Hathaway goes to check on his sister Wendy in the basement, if you look at Wendy's shadow near the washing machines it shows the Troll's shadow (since he has taken over her body).
Trivia: Paul Bartel and Mary Woronov play Paul and Mary Bland in this film. These are the characters they played in the film "Eating Raoul."
Trivia: The priest you see in the police line-up is the film's director, Jerry Paris.
Trivia: Kristy Swanson received coaching from a professional mime in order to properly move like a cyborg.
Trivia: Tobe Hooper played up the black comedy in this sequel as he felt that all the dark humor in the original had been ignored by audiences due to the film's shocking content. He wanted to make sure that audiences knew the film was meant to be scary AND funny.
Trivia: John "Juke" Logan did the harmonica parts for the soundtrack. He also is the same person who did the harmonica on Home Improvement when the "boys from K&B Construction" did their musical "Ratchet Rhapsody" on Tool Time. If you listen closely, even Rock says "Ol' Juke whipped out his..."
Trivia: Marlee Matlin won the Best Actress Academy Award for her role of Sarah Norman. At the age of 21, Matlin became the youngest winner in the Best Actress category in Academy history.