The horror film showing on the TV early in the movie is _There's Nothing Out There (1991)_ , the first film made by director Rolfe Kanefsky. The police negotiator in the film, played by 'Kane, Carol' , mentions that she herself was a hostage long ago in Brooklyn, New York. Carol Kane played a hostage in a bank robbery in Dog Day Afternoon (1975). The sarcastic video store employee, Jay, is named after writer/director Jay Woelfel who is a friend of Rolfe Kanefsky, the director of this film ...[Read Story ]