▁sold ▁to ▁Ast or ▁Pictures ▁for ▁$ 8 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁fil med ▁at ▁S cre enc raft ▁Studios ▁in ▁Hollywood , ▁although ▁the ▁house ▁in ▁which ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁action ▁takes ▁place ▁was ▁the ▁home ▁of ▁producer ▁Marc ▁Freder ic . ▁Production ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁wrapped ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 5 8 . ▁ ▁John ▁Ash ley ▁had ▁just ▁made ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁films ▁for ▁American ▁International ▁Pictures . ▁He ▁later ▁re called ▁" A IP ▁was ▁low ▁budget ▁- ▁one ▁hundred ▁grand ▁a ▁movie ▁- ▁but ▁at ▁least ▁they ▁shot ▁on ▁sound ▁stages ▁and ▁the ▁size ▁of ▁the ▁crew ▁was ▁bigger . ▁Fran ken stein ' s ▁D augh ter ▁was ▁really ▁rock ▁bottom . ▁But ▁the ▁people ▁were ▁very ▁nice , ▁especially ▁D uck ▁C un ha , ▁the ▁director ▁... ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁quick , ▁a ▁little ▁more ▁down ▁and ▁dirty ▁than ▁A IP ". ▁ ▁Ash ley ▁later ▁said ▁he ▁remembered ▁two ▁things ▁about ▁the ▁film : ▁" the ▁mon ster , ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁man ▁because ▁the ▁make up ▁artist ▁didn ' t ▁know ▁it ▁was ▁supposed ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁woman , ▁and ▁that ▁we ▁shot ▁the ▁ending ▁at ▁Harold ▁Lloyd ' s ▁estate , ▁because ▁Harold ▁Lloyd ▁Jr . ▁played ▁a ▁te en ager ▁in ▁it ". ▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁cred its ▁use ▁the ▁words ▁" and ▁introdu cing " ▁in ▁reference ▁to ▁Harold ▁Lloyd ▁Jr ., ▁his ▁first ▁film ▁role ▁was ▁actually ▁ 1 9 5 3 '