The production only had three functioning suits . Creative camera angles and editing were used to make the "carnival massacre" look like a full-scale invasion.

The film's history is as messy as its creature effects. Originally, director intended to make a psychological thriller titled Beneath the Darkness .

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Corman felt the cut was "too soft." Without Peeters' consent, he hired a second unit director to film more graphic scenes.

A young Rob Bottin created the creature suits before he went on to do the legendary effects for The Thing .

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