Billy the Kid versus Dracula was originally slated to begin production in 1961 with Joe Breen in the director's chair.

According to assistant director Howard W. Koch, Billy the Kid versus Dracula was shot in only five days.

Interiors for the film were shot at The Producer's Studio in Hollywood.

Exteriors were lensed at Corriganville, Hollywood stuntman Ray "Crash" Corrigan's ranch in California's Simi Valley. Other films that used the same location include King Vidor's Duel in the Sun (1946), John Ford's Fort Apache (1948), Sam Fuller's The Baron of Arizona (1950) and Henry Koster's Biblical drama The Robe (1953).

During production, John Carradine would walk off the set during his lunch breaks to visit a Melrose Avenue bar in full Dracula regalia.

Billy the Kid versus Dracula was shot back-to-back at Corriganville with Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966), also written by Carl K. Hittleman and directed by William Beaudine.

During shooting, John Carradine protested that Dracula would never use the word "vampire," and so substituted the word "undead" where the V-word appeared in the script.

Cinematographer Lothrop Worth admitted that, although William Beaudine had a reputation for speed, he required rest periods between scene takes.

The film's score, credited to Raoul Kraushaar, contains cues from the Republic serial The Purple Monster Strikes (1945) and Edgar Ulmer's Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957).

Prior to its March 30, 1966 release, 12 minutes were cut from Billy the Kid versus Dracula.

Billy the Kid versus Dracula and its co-hit Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter were marketed as having been filmed in "Shockorama," allegedly "the newest in terror-tainment."

In a 1990 interview with Filmfax magazine, Virginia Christine had nothing to say about Billy the Kid versus Dracula.

Compiled by Richard Harland Smith

SOURCES:
John Carradine: The Films by Tom Weaver
William Beaudine: From Silents to Television by Wendy L. Marshall
"John Carradine: He Loved Acting and He Was Good At It" by Raymond Stanley (www.classicimages.com)
www.britmovie.co.uk
IMDB
en.wikipedia.org