After the release of the film, Russell Mulcahy received a surprise phone call from Steven Spielberg who was curious on how he achieved some of the effects in the dream sequence such as the shot of the two moons.
A full-sized, fully animatronic model razorback was built at a cost of $250,000 and is seen for only a few minutes.
Beth Winters listens to the Duran Duran song "New Moon on Monday" on her car radio just before being attacked. Director Russell Mulcahy made music videos for the hit new wave band before landing his first motion picture job: Razorback.
According to the Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) audio commentary, Russell Mulcahy said that the producer of this film offered him the chance to direct it after seeing the Duran Duran music video "Hungry Like The Wolf," also directed by Mulcahy.
While somewhat exaggerated in the film for dramatic effect, wild boars actually are incredibly tough and resilient, combining an immense tolerance for pain and blood loss with a dense hide and thick subcutaneous fat deposits that function as natural armor. As anybody who's actually hunted boars knows, you need to be very precise with your shots, because they can take a lot of punishment and keep on kicking.