Victoria Morsell's street clothes that she wore to the set to the first day of filming were deemed more appropriate for her character than the outfit that was planned, so she wore that outfit for the entire 15 weeks of filming. By the end of shooting, the jeans were held together with duct tape and patches.
This game remains to date the best selling title developed by Sierra interactive studios.
Australia's Office of Film and Literature Classification banned the game, due to "scenes depicting sexual violence". The scenes are implied, of course, they never mention that part.
According to the game designer Roberta Williams, the game is inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King.
Props were made by local artisans.