Resolutely mainstream; its humor sticks largely to sitcom-level jokes about Jews, sex, drugs, and the Dracula legend.
Love at First Bite (1979)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:13
Rotten:7
Average Rating:6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: When Count Dracula espies beauteous fashion plate Cindy Sondheim in a magazine, he vows to make her his own--eternally. But first, the 700-year-old Count must learn how to keep up with her in the... When Count Dracula espies beauteous fashion plate Cindy Sondheim in a magazine, he vows to make her his own--eternally. But first, the 700-year-old Count must learn how to keep up with her in the hustle and bustle of 20th-century New York City. [More]
Starring: George Hamilton, Susan St. James, Arte Johnson, Richard Benjamin
Starring: George Hamilton, Susan St. James, Arte Johnson, Richard Benjamin, Dick Shawn, Isabel Sanford, Barry Gordon, David Landsberg
Director: Stan Dragoti
Director: Stan Dragoti
Composer: Charles Bernstein
Producer: Joel Freeman
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Reviews for Love at First Bite
[C]lever, funny commentary on a new era of interpersonal relationships when no one knew what they wanted or how to articulate it.
Casting Dracula as the Last Romantic, Scott Fitzgerald-style, was a clever idea, but nothing clever remains in the film's hodgepodge of flat one-liners and graceless slapstick.
A coarse, delightful little movie with a bang-up cast and no pretensions at all.
There are killer lines and exchanges, but not the overall consistency you'd hope for, or the kind of energy that could drive a stake through our ennui.
The production's genially tatty air enhances its anarchical mood and encourages one to go with its goofy yet often shrewd comic flow.
What would happen if Dracula was victimized by life in modern New York City? It's a fun notion and George Hamilton makes it work.
Hamilton is great as the count with a heart, and an endless stream of jokes ensures that at least a good handful are spot on.
If you haven't smoked any wolfsbane you might wonder why you have such fond memories of this one.
Although much of this is pretty funny, the film is a scattershot affair that tries to milk laughs out of the most mundane and tired gags.
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