Desmodus, the master vampire, obtained his name from Desmodus Rotundis. This is the scientific name for the vampire bat.
"Big 40" received his name from the 40 oz. bottles of malt liquor he drinks. However, 40 oz. drinks were non-existent in the 1970's but the name fit and stayed.
Two scenes, a conversation between Maria and Jacob and a fight scene, had to be re-shot weeks later due to condensation forming on the inside of the camera lens making the footage fuzzy and unusable.
Helen Ann Luther (Hott Wheelz) and Jennifer Fouche (Friday) were longtime friends before making the movie together.
One of Freelove's fangs is gold due to it missing from an earlier encounter with Stone. At the time, fake vampires fangs made to look like gold were unavailable so the make-up department had to paint one. A few years later, vampires fangs made to look gold were available in Halloween shops across the country.