By the time the film was released, writer Jeffrey Hause had blown through his initial earnings and had to take a job as a video store clerk. One day an oblivious customer remarked of the film, "Whoever wrote this shouldn't be working in Hollywood," and an incensed Hause retorted, "YOU GOT YOUR WISH!"
The role of the Countess was written for Cassandra Peterson, better known as TV horror-hostess Elvira.
During the chase scene when Robin punches a vampire, she actually hit him in one take and knocked his fake teeth out.
Screenwriter Jeffrey Hause campaigned for Michael J. Fox to star in the film, but executive producer Samuel Goldwyn Jr. was convinced that Fox would never be able to carry a big-screen movie.
Jim Carrey's first leading role in a Hollywood feature film. After Carrey became a huge box office magnet in the 1990s, this movie and several others of his were re-issued on VHS to capitalize on his newfound success.