As the kids enter the Halloween party at the school, you can see a couple are dressed as Addison and Zed from Zombies (2018).
This is the first Disney Channel Original Movie to debut on Disney+ in North America one week after premiering on Disney Channel in North America.
This is the first Disney Channel Original Movie to take place around the time of Halloween since Ma sœur est invisible ! (2015) 6 years prior.
This is the second Disney Channel Original Movie to be a remake of a previous one. The first was Freaky Friday (2018), the second reboot of the 1976 version.
This is the first Disney Channel Original Movie with since Let It Shine (2012) to have a solely male protagonist.