This film, which sat on the shelf for nearly three years, caused M. Night Shyamalan to have to change the name of his 2004 film from "The Woods" to The Village (2004).
This movie is littered with Evil Dead / Army of Darkness references, which also starred Bruce Campbell.
The teachers all have names that are Northern Lower Peninsula Michigan towns - Charlevoix, Mackinac, (Glen) Arbor, Traverse, Leland.
This is the third time Agnes Bruckner has played a character named Heather.
There are leaves, roots or plants in every room in the school.