Mick Garris, who directed the original mini-series based on Stephen King's novel, has a brief cameo at the 4th of July party.
There is an extended shot of a wooden turtle, as Stu (James Marsden) and Frannie (Odessa Young) pull up to the abandoned house. Maturin the Turtle is one of the Twelve Guardians of the Beam and plays a significant role in Stephen King's novel "It".
At the entrance to the convenience store where Stu (James Marsden) goes for supplies, there is an advertisement on the window for "Lot No. 5". Lot 6 was the name of the experimental drug in Stephen King's novel, "Firestarter".