Anna Faris appeared in this film a year before she appeared in Scary Movie (2000), which parodies various slasher films similar to this one.
"Lovers Lane" was supposed to film at Mount Si High School in Snoqualmie, Washington, but because of several real-life student deaths, including a triple murder, the school decided that it wouldn't be appropriate to be associated with this film and backed out.
Anna Faris (Jannelle) and Ben Indra (Bradley) met on the set of this film. They were married from 2004 to 2008.
Erin J. Dean played both Mandy Anderson and her own mother Harriet. "Ann Jeider," the actress credited with playing Harriet Anderson, is an anagram of "Erin J. Dean."
The Hook is confined at Meston State Hospital. This is an obvious reference to the former Weston State Hospital (aka Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum) in West Virginia.