The special effects of Cameron's Closet were done by Carlo Rambaldi, who had previously designed the eponymous character in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and the mechanical head-effects for the creature in Alien (1979), for both of which had earned Rambaldi an Oscar.
Cult horror film director William Lustig has a cameo in the film as a pornographic film director being booked by the police.