The first film to be filmed almost entirely in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania.
Cailin McDonald's allergy to animals changed the filming location for Susie's house from a house in Saylorsburg to a hotel in Wind Gap.
This is the fourth film adaptation of Shirley Jackson's short story. The 1950 "Cameo Theatre" broadcast, Larry Yust's 1969 short-film version, and Daniel Sackheim's made-for-TV version are the other three.
At DP Andy Sparaco's request, umbrellas were used by the rear-most extras in the lottery scene. They served not only as a shield from the constant rain, but also to block out the many cars in the parking lot that were anachronistic to the film's era.
Filming took only two days, with each day being approximately 9 hours of shooting. The shooting ratio was a (comparatively) meager 6:1.