Moving most of the action from Transylvania to New York City adds a bit of interesting NYC grit to a few scenes and helps to set it apart from other vampire films and the movie is well shot with some slick location footage. Of course, no one believes Rosenberg, least of all top cop Ferguson (Dick Shawn), that is until a local NYC blood bank is robbed…īriskly paced and plenty funny, Love At First Bite does a pretty fine job of lampooning vampire movie clichés one after another pretty much throughout its running time. After all, he is a direct descendent of the legendary vampire hunter Van Helsing, so he comes by it naturally. When he realizes what those bite marks are on her neck, he takes it upon himself to take Dracula out of the picture. Things turn sour though when Cindy shows up to talk to her shrink, Jeff Rosenberg (Richard Benjamin), a man who just so happens to be her ex. When he runs into her at a dance bar things seem to be off to a good start and when he winds up at her place later, they're definitely off to a good start. He doesn't travel alone, however, as his right hand man Renfield (Arte Johnson) is along for the ride.Īfter a detour to Harlem after his arrival, Dracula winds up setting up a residency of sorts at the fancy Park Plaza Hotel where he winds up meeting that model he was digging so hard earlier in the film: Cindy Sondheim (Susan St. This, and the fact that the local villagers want to do away with him (they're not fans of his feeding tactics it would seem), is reason enough to hop a flight from Transylvania to New York City. The closest he gets to loving a woman is ogling a beautiful model in a magazine. The film stars George Hamilton as Count Dracula, a vampire who at first glance seems to have it all: the castle, the money, the lifestyle. Shout! Factory's Scream Factory imprint celebrates the humorous side of the horror movie with this double dose of vampire comedy films presented on a single Blu-ray disc.įirst up is 1979's Love At First Bite, directed by Stan Dragoti.
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