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Trivia: For a period of time in the 90s, the film was distributed through bootlegs that had the logos, titles, and credits cut out, often at UFO and paranormal conferences and sci-fi conventions. This led many people to think the footage was real, especially given its extremely low budget and low-quality footage that looks like a real home movie.

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Trivia: The film is also widely known as "The McPherson Tape." However, this was never the official title, and is seemingly based on a misconception since the film was often circulated without the title attached in the 90s. Regardless, this incorrect title became so well-known that the film's 2020 Blu-Ray by American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) contains a double-sided cover... one with the correct title "U.F.O. Abduction," and the other with the misnomer title "The McPherson Tape."

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Trivia: Often credited as the first feature-length film to be shot, edited, and screened entirely digitally.

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Trivia: The production budget was reportedly only $900. $300 of this was spent on video stock and tapes, while the remaining $600 was spent on other production costs.

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Trivia: The earliest verifiable feature film to utilize the "found-footage" technique, that was later popularised by horror movies such as "Cannibal Holocaust", "The Blair Witch Project", and "Paranormal Activity".

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Trivia: Director Joe Johnston almost didn't cast Robin Williams because he was worried about Williams' knack for constantly improvising. However, Williams convinced Johnston that he understood that the film's tight pacing and special effects meant he couldn't improvise as much as normal, and gave Johnston the confidence to hire him. Johnston ended up letting Williams improvise fairly often, but only after filming scenes as written.

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Trivia: The directorial debut of series co-star Patrick Wilson.

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Trivia: The final film Hollywood legend Gene Kelly was involved with before his death in 1996. He served as a consultant for the choreography of the musical numbers. The film was also reportedly somewhat inspired by his life.

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Trivia: Originally intended to be a major theatrical release. However, after production company Turner Broadcasting was merged with Time Warner, the latter decided to simply burn off the film by releasing it into theaters with little promotion. As a result, despite receiving good reviews, the movie bombed in theaters. However, it has gained a cult following in the years since its release.

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Revealing mistake: Throughout the entire film, it's quite obvious that most of the "snow" is fake. It just doesn't quite look right. It often resembles mashed potato flakes or Christmas tree flocking instead of real snow.

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Continuity mistake: When Sam walks into his kitchen at the beginning after cleaning his driveway, he walks past his son. His son goes from having his right hand down on the counter to up, holding a ladle between cuts.

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Revealing mistake: When Jack is melting after being showered with acid, at one point, there's a very obvious cross-dissolve used to blend two shots into one as Jack is reduced into a skeleton. It almost works, except suddenly, the snow around him is slightly different. (Some impressions into the snow and whatnot appear during the fade that shouldn't, as does a few pieces of debris.)

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Revealing mistake: When Jack is being showered with the acid, you can tell that they had the actor lying down, dropped the liquid on him from above, and simply tilted the camera onto its side. The way it sprays "sideways" is incredibly unnatural.

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Revealing mistake: In the beginning, when Jack kills the guard then puts the cigarette out on his face, watch closely. As the camera pans down, you can see him starting to switch the lit cigarette in his right hand with an unlit cigarette hidden in his left hand so he doesn't actually burn the actor playing the guard when he "puts it out" on his face. It can be hard to notice at first, but once you see it, it's super obvious.

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Revealing mistake: At the very beginning of the film, we see the transfer vehicle carrying Jack driving down the road. You can tell in several shots that the (fake) snow isn't really falling, but is just being blown in front of the camera from off-screen, especially since there's no snow hitting the road, and it's coming from the side, not above.

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Trivia: The subtitle "Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman" was reportedly added because the first movie was often confused for the family friendly "Jack Frost" film from 1998. The filmmakers wanted to make sure audiences knew this film was not related to that movie at all.

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Trivia: While the first movie was shot on film, this sequel was shot on digital video, given the extremely low budget. Writer/director Michael Cooney embraced the digital video look, but some distributors later tried to create the illusion that it was shot on film by adding subtle grain filters and artificially lowering the frame rate. Cooney has gone on record saying that the original "video look" is his preferred viewing method.

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Trivia: Ironically, much like the first film was shot in an unseasonably warm winter with little snow, this film was shot during an unseasonably rainy summer at a tropical island, resulting in little actual sunshine.

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Trivia: The movie was shot in 1994, but not released until 1997 because the original distributor went bankrupt.

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Trivia: Film debut of Shannon Elizabeth.

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