About his inspiration for making the film, writer/director Nick Thompson said, "When the Northwest is presented on film, it's often with this sheen of drone-like perfection, which obfuscates the unique attraction of the landscape and the sensibility of the people who inhabit it. Alternatively, its unusual natural character isn't referenced at all. Skagit is a corrective to that: Shot entirely on location in the Pacific Northwest, it foregrounds the primeval atmosphere of the Skagit Valley as it molds, terrifies, and eventually destroys the minds of the four friends."
Shot at over 20 locations in Skagit, Whatcom, Island, Snohomish, and King counties in Washington State.
The Skagit River is the second largest river in Western Washington.
Skagit County is only an hour north of Seattle but is mostly farmland. Over 80 different crops are grown in Skagit County, where the film was shot and set, including 50 percent of the world's beet and spinach seed. More tulip, daffodil and iris bulbs are produced in Skagit County than in any county in the United States. Skagit County is also the state's leading strawberry producer, and approximately 95 percent of the red potatoes grown in Washington State are grown there.