Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Cineanalyst Before viewing this Dracula spoof, "Love at First Bite," I watched two other 1979 film adaptations of Bram Stoker's novel: Universal's update and Werner Herzog's "Nosferatu" remake. I've been watching a bunch of Dracula movies since reading the novel, and I was especially disappointed by those two versions, as well as by Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 production. All three of those films turned the gothic horror story into romances. Klaus Kinski played Dracula as a lovesick clown; Coppola expanded on the historical Vlad the Impaler connection to make a silly-Hollywood reincarnation love story; and Universal's "Dracula" is entirely dime-romance-novel trash. "Love at First Bite" manages not only to successfully parody such adaptations; it also has a better romance. It doesn't play to juvenile emotionality of the lowest common denominator for the genre; it's just fun, and the woman chooses whether to be turned into a vampire. It's not the damsel-in-distress or sacrificial-lamb treatments of rape fantasies passed off as romantic, as in other Dracula movies (which are often far more misogynistic than the 19th-Century source). And George Hamilton's tanned burlesque on the suave vamp almost makes it worth having watched the travesty with Frank Langella in the role.Another thing I like about this parody is its twist on the "invasion" genre, of which Stoker's novel was part of. The book is a rather xenophobic tale of a foreign Easterner sneaking into the West to steal women. In "Love at First Bite," however, Dracula's Transylvanian castle is seized by the communist Romanian government, and he's evicted. Booed out of town by the villagers, he flies, with his servant Renfield, to New York. This is such a hilarious twist on the novel that I didn't mind that the rest of the jokes are hit and miss. Plus, the one-liners and gags keep coming, so a failed bit here and there is soon passed over. For instance, some of the politically-incorrect humor, including at the expense of African Americans and much of the plot with Van Helsing's Jewish-Freudian-shrink descendant isn't so much offensive as it's just dated and not funny. On the other hand, the opening line of Dracula yelling, "Children of the Night, shut up!," in addition to the invasion twist, is a great start to a comedy that makes fun of the novel, and with the main narrative of a suave-Dracula romance, makes fun of other Dracula movies.

lost-in-limbo A very hit or miss seductively light weight romantic comedy spoof about Dracula getting kicked out of Transylvania and heading to the hustle and bustle of the Big Apple (authentic New York filming locations used) to hopefully sink his fangs into a famous fashion model that he has fallen in love with. While rather goofy in tone, it remains strangely endearing and perky thanks to the suave performance of George Hamilton milking it out as the count himself. Arte Johnson's is amusing as Dracula's giggling, bug-munching servant. Susan Saint James brings spirit to her part as Dracula's love interest and Richard Benjamin is quite fun in his neurotic role as her boyfriend / psychiatrist that happens to be a relation to Van Helsing. The cast seem to be having fun with its wittily well-judged script and lively gags. It would have been great if the story had Dracula interacting with the everyday activities of New York's nightlife more (like the small sequence that has him up against some thugs and disco dancing), but the script concentrates more so on the sweeping love angle and that of Benjamin's character trying to stop James's dame falling under Dracula's spell. Sometimes hysterical (especially Benjamin's performance --- like the funny restaurant sequence), but the dialogue can be also be rather slight in its humour. Hokey, but energetically old-fashion fun.

missstephie In 1979, one of my favourite Vampire movies was released, 'Love at First Bite'. With its cheesy dialogue, romance plot line and toned, tanned and accented 'George Hamilton' playing the sad vampire, 'Count Vladimir Dracula', this movie was a comedy success just waiting to happen.Vladimir is a Vampire with a heart. He is lonely, tired of his un-life and longing for companionship. But each and every time he has tried throughout the centuries to find his true love, something terrible always happened. And now, he is being evicted from his Transylvanian home and so has decided to move to New York to find his love, 'Cindy Sondheim', played by the beautiful 'Susan Saint James'.Cindy is a model (naturally) but surprisingly isn't as up herself as one would expect. Her character is much more self-conscious and down to earth than I had expected, which added to my enjoyment of the film.Soon enough, with the help of his servant and companion, 'Renfield', acted with such creepiness and downright filth by 'Arte Johnson', Vlad finally meets Cindy and proceeds to woo her with his deadly charm. But there is one problem. Cindy's psychologist and part-time lover, 'Dr. Jeffery Rosenberg' gets in the way, by opening up and confessing that he changed his name and that he is really a 'Van Helsing'. Jeffery then does his best to save Cindy and kill Vlad.One of my favourite scenes is set in a restaurant. Cindy and Vlad are having dinner when Jeffery bursts in, pulls out a gun and shoots Vlad three times in the chest, proclaiming that three silver bullets would kill him. But Vlad simply laughs and replies that the joke was on him, silver bullets are for werewolves. Jeffery is dragged out by the police and exclaims as he goes; 'No harm done. The man's alright. This was for a werewolf. No problem. Calm down, take it easy. I'm a Doctor, I know what I'm doing. It's alright, he's even got a little colour.' Overall, an excellent movie with a great cast and wonderful camera work and effects. The dialogue can be a bit cheesy at times, but it's definitely funny either way. There a lot of good lines throughout, but you'll have to watch it to hear them for yourself.

seeingdouble007 I saw this movie in 1979 when I was all of 8 years old...my parents and I stocked the station wagon with soda, popcorn, and candy and trucked it to the local drive-in. I knew nothing of George Hamilton at that age, and what I did know of Dracula was Bela, Christopher, Saturday morning TV horror showcases, and the image of that same years' release with Frank Langella. Well, at 8, Love At First Bite was a little advanced for me, and my few recollections included the opening with Hamilton telling the 'Children of the Night' to "shut up" so he could play his piano, an annoying Richard Benjamin setting fire to Dracula's casket, and the disco scene.Somehow, these scenes have stayed with me for well over a quarter of a century.I rented it last night out of nostalgic curiosity, and I'm glad I did. Not only were the aforementioned sequences seared correctly into my memory, but the rest of the movie latently flooded my recall...however, at 35, it was much more accessible for obvious reasons.Hilarious!George Hamilton has an acute sense of grand comic flair and timing...right up there with Leslie Nielson, or dare I say, a hinged Jim Carrey. He was absolutely funny, charming, dapper, convincing, committed, airheaded, and Transylvanian! The particular line which had me in stitches the 10 times I rewound and watched repeatedly was, as he is hurrying to leave Susan Saint James apartment when she requested he stay for a 'quickie' was:"With you, NEVER a...quickie. ALWAYS...a longie."Too funny. The only reservation I have with the film was, as I stated before, Richard Benjamin. He tried to hard, and although he was on the right track, he just missed the station. In my opinion, of course.Anyhow, just wanted to share my delight in rediscovering this little gem.