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Love at First Bite
From Melvin Simon Productions · American International Pictures
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Dracula and Renfield relocate to '70s 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 be in love with Cindy too.
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Directed by Stan Dragoti
George HamiltonCount Vladimir Dracula
Susan Saint JamesCindy Sondheim
Richard BenjaminDr. Jeffery Rosenberg / Van Helsing
Dick ShawnLieutenant Ferguson NYPD
Arte JohnsonMr. Renfield
Sherman HemsleyReverend Mike
Isabel SanfordJudge R. Thomas
Barry GordonFlashlight Vendor
Ronnie SchellGuy in Elevator
Stanley BrockErwin Newman (Cab Driver)Bryan O'ByrnePriest
Michael PatakiMobsterVideos
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WuchakSep 26, 2021
_**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 p… Read more
oint (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-