The two hookers were also drug users in an earlier draft of the script, but Charles Band requested that this aspect of the screenplay be toned down because he thought the hookers as initially conceived were too vulgar and over the top.
The puppet for the giant robot was made out of polystyrene and resin plastic. It weighed forty pounds, was only four and a half feet tall, and it took six puppeteers to operate it.
After this film was profitable, Charles Band made producer David DeCoteau head of Full Moon's production division.