Director Ernest R. Dickerson said it was a struggle to prevent Jon Bernthal (Shane) and Andrew Lincoln (Rick) from doing their own stunts
During the scene where Shane breaks the window and releases all the zombies, the last zombie who walks out and looks at Rick is one of the make-up artists - he also plays the zombie walking through the field.
The fight scene took four days to shoot.
The place that Shane and Rick take their prisoner was filmed in Griffen, Georgia.