The home movie of Caleb is from August 1985. That is the exact month and year the original movie adaptation, Teen Wolf (1985), was released (August 23, 1985).
Canaan is a real "former settlement," or ghost town, in Colusa County, California.
The Canaanite house that Scott walks into is 216. This is a subtle reference to the infamous 666 of the Bible- 216 is six cubed, which can be written as 6x6x6.
Margaret Murphy and JR Bourne both would appear in the universe of Sons of Anarchy (2008) as recurring characters. Margaret in Sons of Anarchy and JR in Mayans (2018).