The home used for the Bellows' House is the Fairbanks mansion located in the small town of Petrolia in southern Ontario, Canada.
The poster art is based on the story Harold, which is featured in the third book.
While Stella is first going through the book of stories, several stories from the Scary Stories book series can be seen such as The Cat's Paw, The Attic, and The Wendigo.
Albinism is a double-recessive genetic trait, which means that Sarah Bellows had to inherit it from both of her parents. Given its rarity and the relatively small population of 19th century Pennsylvania, the twisted problems of the Bellows family may have included incest, though the marriage of first cousins at the time was also not uncommon.
The film is based on the "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" book series published in the 1980s, written by Alvin Schwartz and illustrated by Stephen Gammell.