The second story is based on "Little Red Riding Hood", where a teenage girl mistakenly picks up a werewolf's medicine for her grandmother.

The third story, based on "Goldilocks", tells about three escaped mental patients who share their hideaway with a murderess.

After being acquired, the film was released on November 26, 1986, in the Southeastern United States, and premiered in Los Angeles on February 20, 1987.

[3][4][5] Mill Creek Entertainment released the film on DVD on September 13, 2015 as part of their ‘Chilling Classics: 50 Movie Pack’, but was discontinued after it was mistaken to be in the public domain.

[6] The film was released again on DVD by Image Entertainment under license from Cinevision International, which ran 12 minutes shorter.