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Director Seth Holt died from a heart attack before completing this film. It was finished by Michael Carreras.
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The to-let sign outside the house occupied by the nefarious Corbeck bears the company name Neame and Skeggs, named for the film's production manager and production supervisor, Christopher Neame and Roy Skeggs, respectively.
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The name of the character Tod Browning is an homage to the director of such horrors as Dracula.
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Michael Carreras directed at least five days, including the asylum scenes with George Coulouris.
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Andrew Keir replaced Peter Cushing after one day's shooting to care for his ailing wife.
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The UK cinema version was cut by the BBFC to remove a shot of George Coulouris being struck across the face by male nurse James Cossins as there was public concern about the treatment of mental patients at the time.
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Peter Duffell and Gordon Hessler were asked to direct.
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Based on Bram Stoker's novel, 'Jewel of the Seven Stars.' You can see the seven stars (the Big Dipper) in many scenes throughout the production, either in crystal balls, ruby rings.
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Ahmed Osman (Priest) would also later appear in another version of Jewel of The Seven Stars: The Awakening (1980).
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