The Jesus statue featured throughout the movie belonged to Director/ Actor Luke Walker's grandparents, and was an heirloom of sorts. Vinnie Vineyard convinced Luke to use it on the shoot because he thought it was horrifying, although it held great sentimental value and Luke was reluctant at first. Keith Gavins dropped it during the shoot and it cracked in several places. Luke was livid. Tracy Yaste quickly picked up the pieces and glued it back together. One of the crucifix nails is still bent from the fall however.
Several characters in the movie are based on real life employees of the radio station Vinnie Vineyard worked with as a Southern Gospel DJ.
The majority of the movie (before Y2K) actually happened. Writer/ Director/ Actor Vinnie Vineyard, an aspiring disc jockey back in the 90's, could only get jobs at very small Southern Gospel and Conservative Talk radio stations. What he witnessed from the control room baffled him in real life too, because it was the first time he ever saw Pentecostal preaching.
Kandi Thompson and Vinnie Vineyard wrote the "Cuttin' Tongues scene" traveling back from a film shoot together. This is based on Kandi's experience at a Pentecostal service where the participants were angrily "speaking in tongues" at each other.
The actress that was going to portray Amelia Greene backed out at the last minute, so Vinnie called a wrestler named Sheena Layne (Rock-C) to see if she was interested. He first saw her when he and Luke produced a wrestling television show that she frequented and they were impressed with her "Shakespeare" in the ring. Sheena proved to be a natural actress and possessing wrestling and stunt skills helped improve her fight scene tremendously in the Third Act.