The role of Adrian the stable stud was written to be portrayed by Fabio, who wanted more money than producers could afford. They hired Romanian Gabi Andronache for his looks, but he couldn't speak a word of English. It was quickly decided to dub in an English voice as a parody of the badly dubbed movies that Cassandra Peterson had grown up watching, though she wasn't sure that the gag would work until her friend Rob Paulsen started recording his ad-libbed voice-overs many months later.
Writer/producer/star Cassandra Peterson's Romanian brother-in-law talked her into shooting the movie in Transylvania to stretch the movie's budget further and add authenticity.
Cassandra Peterson was having difficulty finding someone to direct her movie until Sam Irvin walked in the door. After telling him that the movie would spoof the 1960s Edgar Allan Poe movies, Irvin launched into Vincent Price's monologue from Das Pendel des Todes (1961) and Peterson immediately knew she had found her man.
The name of "Elura" is actually the stuff that Elvira's beehive wig is made of.
Scott Atkinson was a fan of both Elvira and Richard O'Brien before being cast in the movie. In his youth, Atkinson frequently dressed up like O'Brien and went to showings of Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), so he found this surreal to wind up building lasting friendships with his idols.