 Craven said that endless sequels, the modern spew of remakes, film studios, and directors are the butts of parodies in the film.The main characters have to figure out where the horror genre is in current days to figure out the modern events happening to and around them.In an early draft of the script, Gale and Dewey had a baby, but this was changed after it was decided bringing a baby into the film would make shooting "impossible".