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Love at First Bite

"Your favorite pain in the neck is about to bite your funny bone!"

1979-04-26 Romance 1hr 36m

Dracula and Renefield relocate to 70's era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim, the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker. "Trouble adjusting" is a wild understatement for the Count as he battles Cindy's psychiatrist, Jeffrey Rosenberg, a descendant of Van Helsing, who may almost certainly, possibly, may be in love with Cindy too.

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Dracula and Renefield relocate to 70's era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim, the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker. "Trouble adjusting" is a wild understatement for the Count as he battles Cindy's psychiatrist, Jeffrey Rosenberg, a descendant of Van Helsing, who may almost certainly, possibly, may be in love with Cindy too.

  • Released
    1979-04-26
  • Revenue
    $43,885,000
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    1hr 36m
  • Genre
    Romance, Comedy, Horror
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English, Italiano
  • imdb-logo
    6.1
  • Production
    Melvin Simon Productions, American International Pictures

Crew

Stan Dragoti
Director
Robert Kaufman
Screenplay
Joel Freeman
Producer

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Cast

George Hamilton

George Hamilton

Count Vladimir Dracula
Susan Saint James

Susan Saint James

Cindy Sondheim
Richard Benjamin

Richard Benjamin

Dr. Jeffery Rosenberg / Van Helsing
Dick Shawn

Dick Shawn

Lieutenant Ferguson NYPD
Arte Johnson

Arte Johnson

Mr. Renfield
Sherman Hemsley

Sherman Hemsley

Reverend Mike
Isabel Sanford

Isabel Sanford

Judge R. Thomas
Barry Gordon

Barry Gordon

Flashlight Vendor
Ronnie Schell

Ronnie Schell

Guy in Elevator
Stanley Brock

Stanley Brock

Erwin Newman (Cab Driver)
Hazel Shermet

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Mrs. Knockwurst (Lady in Elevator)
David Ketchum

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Lidia Kristen

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Susan Tolsky

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John Dennis

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Merrie Lynn Ross

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Reviews for Love at First Bite
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A Review by Wuchak 6

Written by Wuchak on 2021-09-26

_**Dracula-in-the-modern-day parody with George Hamilton**_ The Communist regime in Romania forces Dracula from his castle (George Hamilt... read more

_**Dracula-in-the-modern-day parody with George Hamilton**_ The Communist regime in Romania forces Dracula from his castle (George Hamilton), so he and Renfield (Arte Johnson) fly to New York City to meet a model who has caught the Count’s eye (Susan Saint James). Richard Benjamin plays her therapist and Dick Shawn an officer that tries to help solve the vampire happenings. “Love at First Bite” (1979) spoofs Dracula flicks and was AIP’s most successful film up to that point (an honor that would only last three months, after which “The Amityville Horror” took the crown). It surged Hamilton’s career and remains his most profitable movie. If you like other classic monster satires, such as “The Vampire Happening” (1971) and “Young Frankenstein” (1974), you should appreciate this one. It puts Dracula in the modern day Big City and milks it for fun. While it’s rarely laugh-out-loud funny, it’s consistently amusing (or eye-rolling) in a quiet smirks kind of way. There are several cameos of celebs that were popular at the time. Although it has been accused of being “racist,” it pokes fun of people across the board, whatever their skin color or socioeconomic status. For instance, the beginning makes fun of Romanian Communists followed by superstitious rural villagers (all white people). The film runs 1 hour, 36 minutes, and was shot in Manhattan and The Langham Apartments, Los Angeles. GRADE: B-

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A Review by Wuchak

_**Dracula-in-the-modern-day parody with George Hamilton**_ The Communist regime in Romania forces Dracula from his castle (George Hamilton), so he and Renfield (Arte Johnson) fly to New York City to meet a model who has caught the Count...

reviewer avatar

A Review by Wuchak 6

Written by Wuchak on 2021-09-26

_**Dracula-in-the-modern-day parody with George Hamilton**_ The Communist regime in Romania forces Dracula from his castle (George Hamilton), so he and Renfield (Arte Johnson) fly to New York City ...

read more