The house featured in the film is a Victorian-era mansion in Toledo, Ohio's historic "Old West End." It is currently run as a "bed and breakfast" and open to the public.
Writer and director Nick Corbin, and actor William Toth previously acted alongside one another in the film "The Closing Broadcast."
This film was successfully funded through Kickstarter in July of 2013.
The lead singer of the band Fox Harbor appears as an extra in the film's "party scene." Fox Harbor's song, "This Time" was used in the same scene.
Marissa Rex (Brooke) had never acted in a film before Dark Things.