Filming "Hell Night" took 40 days in the fall and winter of 1980, between November 1980 and January 1981. The original shooting budget was a reported $1 million, but the shoot's duration through the holidays extended the budget an additional $400,000. The film's shooting schedule reportedly consisted of six-day weeks and was described as grueling. Star Linda Blair recalled the daily shoots lasting from 5:00a.m. to 11:00p.m., as well as spending Thanksgiving with the cast and crew on a double-decker bus rented by the producers. According to DeSimone, Peter Barton hurt himself on set, and as a result most of his limping in the movie was due to actual physical pain from the injury, rather than being acted.