The scene of the alligator stalking past the sewer tunnel supports and the shot of the saliva under the microscope was stock footage from the original Alligator (1980).
Producer Brandon Chase was originally slated to direct the film before Jon Hess was hired as director.
Shecky Greene was originally slated to star.
Holly Gagneir was a soap opera star previously having appeared on Days of our Lives as Ivy Selejko Jannings and One Life To Live as Cassie Callison during the 80s.
Three cast members appeared in the Halloween films franchise: Carmen Filpi was previously in HALLOWEEN 4 (1988) and Dee Wallace and Richard Lynch were both in Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007).
The shot of the Alligator opening it's left eye after hearing the hunters in the sewer, and the overhead shot as it enters the water to attack Vincent Brown, is footage from the original Alligator (1980) movie.