The most difficult thing about this movie or any movie was, as always, getting paid enough for it to cover the cost of making it and making another movie. Many involved were able to use this movie (to greater and lesser success) as their launch pad to more movie work. Many, that is, except for the guy who put the whole furshlugginer thing together in the first place, Mark E. Poole. As near as I can figure, that pretty much is what launched 2008's DEAD MOON RISING.
https://www.horrorthriller.com/Movies/Zombies/Dead_Moon_Rising.html