sentences:  Gaylen Ross, who had previously starred in the zombie epic "Dawn of the Dead" (1978), was cast as the lead heroine, Betsy, and credited under the name Alexis Dubin.The rest of the cast were made up mainly of first-time actors.During the summer of 1980, the producers had begun location scouting, eventually settling on Fish Cove in Southampton, Long Island, which provided all of the required locations in the script.