Raws li tsab ntawv ntawm Hnub Kawg, Zac Efron tau txais lub luag haujlwm ntawm kev pib ua kom txaus ntshai heev "tsim hluav taws" raws li cov tshiab ntawm Stephen King. Cov duab ntau lawm yuav tau koom rau hauv Universal, blumhouse thiab nroj tsuag ntau lawm. Tus Thawj Coj yuav ua kom Keith Thomas ("Vigil"), thaum tsab yuav sau lub sijhawm Scott sijhawm ("Xus tua", "ua yuam kev ntawm yav dhau los"). Cov neeg tsim khoom ntawm cov thawj tswj haujlwm yuav siv sijhawm Jason Bloom, tus tswv Oscar Akiv Goldsman, nrog rau Marta de Laura de Laurentis.
Cov "hluav taws xob tsim hluav taws xob" qhia txog yim tus ntxhais lub npe hu ua Charlie McGeez, uas yog tus muaj peev xwm nres cov khoom ib puag ncig ib leeg los ntawm lub zog ntawm yuav. Qhov khoom plig tshwj xeeb no yog kos rau cov kev saib xyuas cov koomhaum Asmeskas cov koomhaum uas tau zij menyuam kom siv nws ua riam phom.
Roman King tau tshaj tawm nyob rau hauv 1980, thiab twb luam tawm ntawm cov ntxaij vab tshaas rau ntawm cov ntxaij vab tshaus, lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb uas tau ua tiav me ntsis. Ntawm cov nyiaj txiag ntawm $ 15 lab, zaj yeeb yaj kiab sau hauv cov thawv thoob ntiaj teb me ntsis $ 17 lab. Hnub ua rau cov kev yoog raws tshiab yuav raug tshaj tawm tom qab.