Once Bitten

“Mark Kendall just found out his one-night stand has been around for centuries.”

5.8

1985

1h 34m

ComedyHorrorRomance

Director: Howard Storm

Overview

Mark wants to lose his virginity, but his girlfriend wants to wait. Unfortunately for both of them, a 400-year-old vampire Countess needs to turn a virgin into a vampire before Halloween in order to preserve her own youthful appearance, and when she finds Mark, she turns his life upside-down.

Trailer

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Cast

Mark Kendall

Jim Carrey

Mark Kendall

Countess

Lauren Hutton

Countess

Robin Pierce

Karen Kopins

Robin Pierce

Sebastian

Cleavon Little

Sebastian

Jamie

Thomas Ballatore

Jamie

Cabin Boy Vampire

Stuart Charno

Cabin Boy Vampire

Russ

Skip Lackey

Russ

World War I Ace Vampire

Jeb Stuart Adams

World War I Ace Vampire

Confederate Vampire

Joseph Brutsman

Confederate Vampire

Young Man Buying Ice Cream

Dominick Brascia

Young Man Buying Ice Cream

Flowerchild Vampire

Robin Klein

Flowerchild Vampire

Mrs. Kendall

Peggy Pope

Mrs. Kendall

Reviews

ZC

This early Jim Carrey vehicle combines the vampire fad with the typical 1980's sex comedy to make for a fun-but-silly vampire farce. Lauren Hutton works well as the vamping vampire, while Cleavon Little plays a flaming homosexual variation of the Renfield archetype to her blatantly sexual Countess. Carrey plays this one relatively straight. No crazy Ace Ventura antics here. His transformation from typical "teenager" to brooding, angsty vampire is punctuated with moments of manic comedy as he realizes what's happening to him. Like many 80s comedies, the climax features a choreographed dance number and a good old fashioned chase scene through the vampire's home. Though certainly not the deepest or most innovative movie you'll ever see, Once Bitten is a fun romp that showcases the talents of its stars in a delightfully cheeseball 1980s way.

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