Once Bitten

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Once Bitten (1985)

PG-13 11/15/1985 (US) Comedy, Horror, Romance 1h 34m

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A one-night stand with eternal complications!

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.

Howard Storm

Director
Jeffrey Hause

Screenplay
Jonathan Roberts

Screenplay
David Hines

Screenplay
Dimitri Villard

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Top Billed Cast

Jim Carrey

Mark Kendall
Lauren Hutton

Countess
Karen Kopins

Robin Pierce
Cleavon Little

Sebastian
Thomas Ballatore

Jamie
Skip Lackey

Russ
Jeb Stuart Adams

World War I Ace Vampire (as Jeb Adams)
Joseph Brutsman

Confederate Vampire
Stuart Charno

Cabin Boy Vampire
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A review by ZC

Written by ZC on March 10, 2015

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 nu... read the rest.

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