No functionality of the Medusa car was faked during filming. The real-life car is equipped with two flamethrowers, smoke screen, a bleach drift-kit, adjustable rear suspension, and 3 surveillance cameras; all controlled from the dashboard. It also has a roll cage and stow-able, fold-down back seat.
The 'Medusa' car shot flames 40 feet into the air and on a key scene accidentally scorched the power lines above and the car itself caught fire.
Shot on hand-made, one of a kind cameras built around a prototype Silicon Imaging SI-2K mini.
Director Evan Glodell built his first flamethrower at the age of 12. It was prone to malfunction and only had a 6 foot range.
Evan Glodell and Jessie Wiseman actually had to eat several live crickets during a scene where their characters meet while competing in a cricket eating contest.