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.
The tune Mark's ice cream truck plays is a variation on the "Peter" theme of Sergei Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf."
During the chase scene when Robin punches a vampire, she actually hit him in one take and knocked his fake teeth out.
Jim Carrey's first leading role in a Hollywood feature film.