Jeff Wadlow's feature debut. He got the chance to make Cry Wolf (2005) after winning $1,000,000 at the 2002 Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival.
In the film the character Tom, portrayed by Jared Padalecki, hangs a Texas flag in his room to show that he is originally from the state. Jared Padalecki is also originally from Texas.
The teen members of the cast bunked together on set to make them more familiar with one another.
Originally an R rated film, it was trimmed down to a PG-13. The Uncut version restores the original rating because of added scenes of violence.
Certain shots of the high school campus are actually the University of Richmond, VA.