While locked in the bar's cooler, Hieronymus asks Quinn to "use your heat vision" to warm them up. This joke refers to Dean Cain, who plays Quinn, in his most famous role as Superman in the TV series "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" (1993)

Several characters were named for various famous people: -Private Connery and Private Lazenby were the names given to the 2 soldiers driving the truck that was transporting one of the infected, both named for actors who played James Bond ("The best James Bond" was the topic of conversation between the 2). -Officer Raimi is named for Sam Raimi, director of the "Evil Dead" series of movies. -Officer Campbell is named for Bruce Campbell (I), star of the "Evil Dead" series.