Pitched as "The Breakfast Club" meets "Hostel" meets "Veronica Mars".
The opening credit sequence contains homages to 'Back to the Future' (1985), 'Sixteen Candles' (1984), 'The Breakfast Club' (1985), 'Weird Science' (1985), 'Secret Admirer' (1985), 'Grandview U.S.A.' (1984), 'Pretty In Pink' (1986), 'Ferris Beuller's Day Off (1986)', 'The Goonies' (1985), 'The Lost Boys' (1987), 'License To Drive' (1988), Some Kind of Wonderful' (1987), 'A Nightmare On Elm Street: Part 3 --- Dream Warriors' (1987), and 'A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master' (1988).
The first cut of the movie was completed in October 2015. A successful IndieGoGo campaign during initial post-production allowed for two days of additional photography, which occurred in February 2016. The final cut was completed in April.
Some characters are named after female 80s movie icons:
"Andy Baker" is a combination of Andie Walsh from Pretty In Pink and Samantha Baker from Sixteen Candles. Both were played by Molly Ringwald.
"Kristen Thompson" is a combination of two A Nightmare On Elm Street heroines - Kristen and Nancy Thompson. Last name is a tribute to Lea Thompson.
"Ginny Steel" is a combination of Amy Steel and her Friday the 13th Part 2 character Ginny.
"Tina" is named after the "Tina's" that appear in pivotal roles in A Nightmare On Elm Street, Halloween 5, and Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood.