This film almost went into production in October 2022 but due to droughts in NJ cornfield locations were limited, so the shoot was postponed and a prequel (Stay out of the Basement) filmed in its place. After a rewrite "The Night of the Harvest" went into production in September 2023.
Jena Mroz, who plays Alice, starred as Eden (the masked woman in white) in the 2020 short film that inspired this movie "Stay out of the Cornfield".
Maya Pencakowski auditioned for a role in the original version of this film before it was postponed.