5/6/2023 0 Comments Love at first bite cast![]() Cindy is engaged to stuffy psychiatrist Dr. While living in the Plaza Hotel, Dracula pursues in a disco hottie fashion model Cindy Sondheim ( Susan Saint James ), whom he desires after viewing an old photo of her in a fashion magazine and fantasizes that she’s the reincarnation of his lost love Mina Seward. ![]() It’s an update of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and is written by Robert Kaufman, who can’t make his toothless jokes have more of a bite.Ĭount Dracula leaves his communist rulers in Transylvania after evicted from his castle to make way for a Romanian gymnastics school and settles in NYC, along with his faithful but whiny, toady manservant Renfield (Arte Johnson) at his side. But it’s also somewhat funny, if you’re in the mood for such crude outdated low-brow jokes from the 1970s and questionable ethnic jokes that border on racist slurs. Mom”/”She’s Out of Control”), former advertising man, never quite gets a handle on it–as it’s messy, without style and has the cheap look of a TV movie. This one is campy and is set in the Big Apple, with its gimmicky premise being–What if the legendary vampire Count Dracula didn’t frighten people anymore and was made to be a victim in the crime-infested, jaded and cold-hearted city? Director Stan Dragoti (“Dirty Little Billy”/”Mr. The biggest surprise is that George Hamilton, dressed in a cape and black suit, can make for a satisfactory sympathetic and comical Dracula–someone who is a romantic and totally out of place in the cynical, plastic world of the 1970s. ”Ī mostly likable and spirited Dracula pic, played as a silly spoof. “ A mostly likable and spirited Dracula pic, played as a silly spoof. Ferguson), Sherman Hensley (Reverend Mike), Isabel Sanford (Judge), Barry Gordon ( Flashlight Vendor) Runtime: 96 MPAA Rating: PG producer: Joel Freeman AIP 1979) Once Bitten is a totally '80s teen vampire flick where the bloodsuckers don’t sparkle, but the comedy most certainly does.(director: Stan Dragoti screenwriters: Robert Kaufman/story by Robert Kaufman & Mark Grindes cinematographer: Edward Rosson editors: Mort Fallick/Allan Jacobs music: Charles Bernstein cast: George Hamilton ( Count Dracula ), Susan Saint James ( Cindy Sondheim ), Arte Johnson ( Renfield ), Richard Benjamin ( Dr. ![]() When a vampire Countess (Hutton) seeks virgin blood, she soon discovers that it’s not as easy to come by as it was in the good old days! When she crosses paths with the still-virginal Mark Kendall (Carrey in one of his earliest screen roles), it's a race against time to get to him before he gets it on. Jim Carrey is necking with a vampire in Once Bitten, a 1985 teen comedy also starring Lauren Hutton, Karen Kopins, and Cleavon Little (Blazing Saddles). Will the Count take a bite out of The Big Apple - or will its mean streets take a bite out of him? Susan Saint James, Richard Benjamin, Arte Johnson, Dick Shawn and The Jeffersons' Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford also star in this outrageous romance about a guy who really loves the nightlife. When Count Dracula (Hamilton) is forced out of his castle to make room for an Olympic training facility, he relocates to New York City in search of discos, blood banks, and the fashion model who just might be the girl of his dreams. George Hamilton is possibly the tannest vampire in screen history in 1979's Love at First Bite. Sink your teeth into a pair of fangtastic vampire comedies, available for the first time on Blu-ray!
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