This episode sets up the spin-off series 'The Originals'.
Danielle Campbell is the only The Originals cast member to not appear in this crossover.
The location of the grave in the beginning is the same as the location in Pretty Little Liars.
Filmed in the same graveyard location as American Horror Story season 3 episode 11.
75% of the show was shot in the French Quarter of New Orleans with almost the entire The Vampire Diaries crew on location.