A nasty way to die: The name of the demon, Ovu Mobani, means "Evil Eye". It's not entirely clear in the finished episode, but the demon was supposed to have the power to paralyse his victims with a flash from his eyes.
Musical malarkey: The episode's title, Dead Man's Party is perhaps a reference to the 1985 Oingo Boingo song, which can be found on their album of the same name.
Giles has been a bad boy: Listen carefully to catch another sign of Giles' misspent youth: when he hotwires his car after losing the keys in a scuffle with the zombies, he mutters "like riding a bloody bicycle!".
