The Planet Terror (2007) soundtrack was played in the truck by David Zimmerman III and his brother before every single shoot - for inspiration.
The entire movie was shot in 15 days in small Illinois towns near and within the producer and director's hometown. The final day was for pick-ups during post-production. For this final day, David Zimmerman III and his brother went out to the barn location as a skeleton crew. Jordan acted as a 2nd Unit Camera Operator and David became the stand-in for whatever character was needed in the shots. The main purpose of this day was to add some more gore into the movie.
The hard drive containing several months of edit work (including a full rough cut of the feature length documentary) died just a month before the movie was to premiere. All raw footage, VFX, and music had to be recaptured and the movie was completely re-cut by David Zimmerman III in only 14 days among a full load of college courses.
The first release of the DVD from 2008 includes a 90-Minute Documentary called PROJECT SWEAT. This Documentary goes In-Depth Behind-the-Scenes and is hosted by the Director. It starts with a little bit about the origins of the story and discusses the Pre-Production process. Then it moves into each day of Production with Behind-the-Scenes Material and Rare Interviews with select Cast/Crew members. After this it goes into a glimpse of the Post-Production and the Scoring process with Jake LaDuke. It tops itself off with a montage of the movies Premiere. It is truly and In-Depth look at the making of an Independent Horror flick during a sweaty Midwest Summer.
Jeff Mischler, Brandon DeLaval: The characters Jack and Colin, within the coffee shop sequence. These same characters appear as school security guards at Edgecreek High School in The Only Way (2004). If you look close, Jack can also be seen at Mike's Pizza in Before the Storm (2005) as well. Jack also appeared in Levi and David's first collaboration in 2002. In that movie he was working as a security guard in an insane asylum and was stabbed in the chest while trying to stop a patient from escaping. They are played by the same actors in all instances.