 With such a shoestring budget, the film couldnt afford professional  stunt people outside of drivers, so makeup artist Tom Savini (qv)  and assistant and friend Taso N. Stavrakis (qv) volunteered for  the task. They are responsible for almost every stunt seen in the  film, though not all went perfectly as planned. When filming a dive  over the rail of the mall, Savini almost missed his pile of  cardboard boxes, with his legs and back landing on the ground. He  had to work from a golf cart for several days. The shot where  Stavrakis swung down from a banner was poorly planned and he wound  up continuing on and slamming into the ceiling.