Each character is named after a horror icon: ANGELA (Sleepaway Camp), MICHAEL (Halloween), CARRIE (Carrie), SAM (Trick 'r Treat), FREDDY (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
The varsity jacket Freddy (Ryan Kearton) wears is the same color scheme and style as Steve Orth's, Casey Becker's (Drew Barrymore) boyfriend from the opening scene of Scream (1996)