Trivia: Throughout the movie, references to the Grimm fairy tales can be seen everywhere. The 'pedophile scene' was supposed to be heavily influenced by the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale. The door mat is German for "Hansel and Gretel" in mixed up letters. Also, the name on the medicine bottle Oleg grabs is Edele Hansel. The prostitute is supposed to be the Blue Fairy, Oleg being captured by the homeless man is Little Red Riding Hood. Above all, the town's name, though never stated, is Grimley. Watch the credits for an animated visual.
Trivia: The sorority mom, Andrea Martin, is also one of the girls in the original "Black Christmas". Her name in the original was Phyllis.
Trivia: The child-actor playing young Selene is actually the daughter of adult Selene's actress Kate Beckinsale.
Trivia: At the time of the filming, the St. Charles Streetcars were not running 100%. When they show the Canal St Car, one sense that shows the car running on the right side tracks toward the camera, it's actually on the wrong side. Later when he's going to her apartment, one shot shows the streetcar running on the right side tracks (as the norm), and the trolley poles are up. Later when he gets off the car, it's on the opposite side, wrong direction, rear pole is down, and he gets out through the rear door as if it was main door.
Trivia: Matt Damon is only eleven years older than Eddie Redmayne, who plays his on-screen son.
Trivia: Although Adrian Brody was officially the star of "Hollywoodland," his character (private detective Louis Simo) was a completely fictional role in the movie. Virtually all of the other characters in the film are based on real people, but there never was a Louis Simo, and he's not based on any actual person (s). George Reeves' mother did hire an attorney and a detective agency in real life; however, "Hollywoodland" director Allen Coulter said that the character of Louis Simo wasn't even partially based on anyone in real life.
Trivia: Shyamalan based the film on a story he told his children. This aspect of the production was questioned frequently, with one critic saying that if Shyamalan based his films on kid stories, he should go make films for Nickelodeon. Ironically enough, 4 years later he released "The Last Airbender" for Nickelodeon, which was considered to be one of the worst films ever released.
Trivia: Ted Dekker, author of the novel this movie was based on, liked to hide three scratches (like the book's cover) on set for crew and cast to find. Sometimes he hid the scratches on the on-screen set for the camera to catch and for the audience to find. How many can you find? I can find seven.
Trivia: Laura Dern and Justin Theroux both admit they have no idea what this movie is about despite being its stars.
Trivia: Kane Hodder, famous for playing Jason Voorhees in the majority of the Friday the 13th series makes a cameo near the beginning of the film as a man outside his house refusing to answer questions from the interviewer.
Trivia: When one of the campers is grabbed by sasquatch, he yells a Wilhelm scream.
Trivia: Anytime one of the characters click on "Do you want to meet a ghost?", they all click the "to".
Trivia: This low budget movie was marketed in some territories as "Van Helsing II." The DVD box was also designed to emulate the cover-art for the 2004 film "Van Helsing" starring Hugh Jackman, in an attempt to fool people into believing this film was related.
Trivia: In "The Moment After" (1999), Monte Perlin plays the role of Lieutenant Fredricks, but he is Commander Fredericks in "The Moment After II: The Awakening" (2006). The spelling Fredericks is used at the end of both movies under "Cast." (Respective time codes used). (01:27:07 - 01:29:25)