Disney Channel reportedly received complaints from parents, that this film was too dark and scary, for a younger demographic. It is now aired rarely, but is available digitally, via Amazon.com and Disney+ along with other classic Disney Channel Original Movies.
The second Disney Channel Original Movie to have a TV-PG rating after Halloweentown - Meine Oma ist 'ne Hexe! (1998). There was even a disclaimer before the film began. Other DCOMs that have been rated TV-PG include Mamas Rendezvous mit einem Vampir (2000), Jett Jackson: The Movie (2001), Halloweentown 2 (2001), Das Scream Team (2002), An Bord der Tiger Cruise (2004), Zwexies - Die Zwillingshexen (2005), Wendy Wu - Die Highschool-Kriegerin (2006), Halloweentown 4 - Das Hexencollege (2006), Zwexies - Die Zwillingshexen zum Zweiten (2007), and Monster gegen Mädchen (2012).
Viewers almost got a much scarier Boogeyman as depicted in early concept drawings for the film. In those, the Boogeyman was depicted as a very dark and crow like creature that was hardly visible and it had quills sticking out. Ultimately, director Kenneth Johnson decided he didn't want the Boogeyman to be too dark and made him look more Victorian and made him speak in rhymed couplets to give the Boogeyman a more poetic and light-hearted quality.
One of two Disney Channel productions where Ty Hodges plays a character named Larry. The other was Eben ein Stevens (2000).