When the ancient witches are speaking, some of what they are saying is English, only backwards.
Inspired by the Salem witch trials, which occurred in colonial Massachusetts in 1692-3, resulting in the trial and execution of twenty people, mostly women, convicted of witchcraft. The trials are one of America's most notable incidents of mass hysteria.
Iddo Goldberg and Ashley Madekwe were both supporting actors in The Secret Diary of a Call Girl. Furthermore they have been married since 2012.
Most exterior scenes and some interior scenes were shot at a 17th century replica town of Salem, MA, constructed on a site about 6 km (3.7 miles) east of the center of Grand Cane in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, on the north side of a lake (Google Earth GPS coordinates: 32° 5'21.16"N x 93°44'47.89"W). Other locations were built in the StageWorks of Louisiana studio in downtown Shreveport, including woods, a well, bedrooms and a tavern.
Opening credits features a Marilyn Manson song called "Cupid Carries a Gun."