Lewis Lovhaug claims he was inspired to do this series by James Rolfe's annual October series Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007), as both shows follow a similar format of reviewing a horror related piece of media every day in the month of October leading up to Halloween.
Moarte is based, physically, on Lon Chaney's character from the lost film London After Midnight (1927). His voice is a curious mix of stereotypical Eastern European vampire and Marik Ishtar's father from Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series (2006).