Bill Vincent, who plays Jim, taught Sam Raimi during his time as a student at Michigan State University. He went on to appear in several of Raimi's films and was even on set for the original Evil Dead.
Almost every night time interior scene was shot when there was still daylight and so the houses had to be "blacked out."
Editor and co-producer Brendan Takash was originally supposed to play the role of the Uber Driver. However, his flight got cancelled the day before production due to the Microsoft outage, and writer/director Benjamin Vomastek filled in.
Hometown Summer was shot in just 10 days.
Sarah Stark was cast as Echo after the original actress's flight was cancelled the day before shooting due to tropical storms.
