Dylan has Norma listed as "The Whore" in his contacts on his phone. In both the novel and movie Psycho (1998) it is revealed that she taught Norman that sex was wrong and that all women except for herself were whores.
During the "Car recovery" scene, the cable on the tow truck broke during the first shot. Subsequent shots of the scene were done in such a way to keep the cable out of view of the camera.
The song playing at the strip club where Dylan (Max Thieriot) meets Ethan Chang (Terry Chen) is "Pony" by Ginuwine, recognizable as a "stripper song" from its use in Magic Mike (2012).
For the scene where Mike Vogel, who plays Deputy Zack Shelby, saws through a log at the lumberjack festival, they hired professional lumberjacks to put on a show to film the scene. The head lumberjack, Darren Dean, was at the other end of the cross-cut saw and Mike was just along for the ride as Dean did 90% of the work.
The Set Decoration department went to a local taxidermist and basically cleaned out his shop to dress the set of Emma's dads shop.