Parodies monster movies like Godzilla, with an Asian monster hunter who knows all about the creature, and speaks about it as if it were legendary, and Jaws since this hunter is liken to Robert Shaw's Quint in Jaws. Also like Quint from Jaws, Ben scratches a chalkboard to get the attention of the media. And Hobie, Mitch's young son, in one scene tricks people into thinking there's a monster on the loose the way the two kids used the fake dorsal fin in Jaws.
Albert Stratton, who plays Shauni's dad, portrayed Monte Markham's right hand man Paul Drake on Markham's 1970's remake-series, The New Perry Mason.