It took around five hours a day to put the prosthetics and make-up on actor Clancy Brown to turn him into the Frankenstein monster Viktor. This included about three and a half hours to put it on and two hours to take it off.
This remake of Bride of Frankenstein (1935) was made and released in 1985 which was the 50th anniversary year of the original film which had debuted in 1935. Original bride Elsa Lanchester was still alive at the time but in poor health; she passed away in 1986.
Quentin Crisp (Dr. Zahlus) was a distant cousin of Boris Karloff, who played Frankenstein's Monster in Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Son of Frankenstein (1939) and Baron Frankenstein in Frankenstein 1970 (1958).
Originally, Sting was going to play Josef, Eva's love-interest military officer and Baron Frankenstein's rival.
When a nude Eva walks into the living room, with her face and top half blackened out, it was Jennifer Beals's body double. Director Franc Roddam on his audio-commentary said Beals didn't want to do it.
Veruschka von Lehndorff: the Countess. The 1960s German model, artist, and actress was billed as "Veruschka".