Over 350 extras and 120 crew members were used during the climactic alien attack.
Filmed on the same downtown Chicago locations as seen in Hollywood blockbusters The Dark Knight, Road to Perdition, and Public Enemies.
Burden's Live orchestral score was written, recorded and mixed in a total of 5 days.
Michael David Lynch last student film at Columbia College Chicago was Burden (2009) instead of going to school for another year, Lynch finished a year early and used his tuition money and maxed his credit cards to fund the film.