The script was written in three weeks and shot over three more weeks (six days a week) over very long hours ranging from 14 hours one day to 20 in another. During the last week of filming from Monday to Saturday, the cast and crew worked for a total of 101 hours.
Michael Angelo Batio was chosen for the guitar double because director Mark Freed had produced one of his instructional videos. Batio also played "The Guitar Demon" on screen during the voodoo ceremony for Angel.
Producer Eric Louzil said that at the time, AIDS was just starting. He said that because Traci Lords had been a porn star, she was considered "dirty." Nobody wanted to be near her. She had to have her own trailer and wasn't allowed to drink out of the same water containers as other people. But Louzil enjoyed working with her. He said she was fun and a smart businesswoman.