Point Pleasant boasted many of the same crew behind the scenes as Fox's other then-recently withdrawn series, Tru Calling.

The show's executive producer was Marti Noxon, who worked closely with Joss Whedon for several seasons on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

A young girl named Christina washes up on the shore near Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey during a violent storm.

Emotions are heightened, repressed feelings and secret desires awakened, and inhibitions weakened, turning what once were friendly competitions into bitter rivalries, romantic rivals into violent enemies, and so on.

Sinister forces have their eyes on Christina, believing it is the girl's destiny, as the "child of darkness," to "bring [the world] to its knees".