Love at First Bite

1979

Love at First Bite

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68%

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55%

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George Hamilton confounded his detractors by turning in a first-rate comic performance in Love at First Bite. Hamilton plays Count Dracula, who is evicted from his Transylvanian domicile when the Communist government decides to nationalize his castle. With faithful toady Renfield (Arte Johnson) at his side, Dracula heads for the Big Apple, where he finds the vampire pickings radically different from those on his home turf: for example, ol' Drac suffers the mother of all hangovers when his sinks his fangs into the neck of a wino. Klutzy Cindy Sondheim (Susan Saint James) falls in love with Dracula, not fully aware of his colorful background. But Cindy's stuffy fiance Dr. Jeff Rosenberg (Richard Benjamin), a descendant of Dracula's perennial foe Professor Van Helsing, knows what Dracula's up to and does his best to thwart the vampire's plan. This proves very difficult, since such time-honored remedies as the stake through the heart are frowned upon by the New York City authorities. So successful was Love at First Bite that Hamilton was encouraged to have a satiric go at another literary icon in 1982's Zorro, the Gay Blade.

Cast

George Hamilton
as Count Dracula
Richard Benjamin
as Dr. Jeff Rosenberg
Susan Saint James
as Cindy Sondheim
Dick Shawn
as Lt. Ferguson
Arte Johnson
as Renfield
Sherman Hemsley
as Rev. Mike
Isabel Sanford
as Judge
Ronnie Schell
as Gay in Elevator
Bob Basso
as TV Repairman
Bryan O'Byrne
as Priest
Michael Pataki
as Mobster
Beverly Sanders
as Lady in Elevator
Hazel Shermet
as Lady in Elevator
Basil Hoffman
as Desk Clerk
Stanley Brock
as Cab Driver
Danny Dayton
as Billy
Robert Ellenstein
as W.V. Man
Dave Ketchum
as Customs Inspector
Lidia Kristen
as Commissare Woman
Susan Tolsky
as Model Agent
Paul Barselou
as Bloodbank Guard
Jacque Lynn Colton
as Lady with Cat
John Dennis
as Motorcycle Cop
Alan Haufrect
as Photographer
Michael Heit
as Bellboy #2
David Landsberg
as Morty
Ralph Manza
as Limo Driver
Tiger Joe Marsh
as Citizen Outside Castle
Rose Michtom
as Elderly Lady
Robert Nadder
as Bellevue Doctor
Jerold Pearson
as Hippie in Customs
Lavelle Roby
as Mourner
Merrie Lynn Ross
as Lady in Apartment
Whitney Rydbeck
as Male Commissare
Rolfe Sedan
as Maitre d'
Cicely Walper
as Grandmother
Barry J. Gordon
as Flashlight Vendor
Joe Medalis
as Istera
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Audience Reviews for Love at First Bite

  • Aug 12, 2018
    Or Dracula Updated and Down In New York. Nobody's buying the old routines and so Drac & Renfield go to disco era Big Apple where they try to fit into the modern vibe. Mostly the deal throughout is hokey, but Arte Johnson and Richard Benjamin do provide some chuckles.
    Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
  • Sep 06, 2010
    Another Dracula movie, in this one the count moves to NY. It is pretty funny for the most part, but it's predictable. It could have been better.
    Aj V Super Reviewer
  • Jan 22, 2008
    A bit stupid and not up to the standards of a more recent vampire movie, (this was made in 1976), but harmless enough. I could no way in hell believe Susan Saint James as a model, though.
    Nicki M Super Reviewer
  • Sep 08, 2007
    Oh my gosh a movie I actually saw!!!! This is waay 80s but it's funny. XD
    Jezzy A Super Reviewer
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