Once Bitten is a 1985 American horror comedy film directed by Howard Storm from a screenplay written by Jonathan Roberts, David Hines, Jeffrey Hause and Terence Marsh.
The movie stars Lauren Hutton, Jim Carrey, and Karen Kopins; it was Carrey’s seventh film and his first starring role.
Plot:
Being 400 years old, the Countess (Lauren Hutton) has collected a stable of young men and women who accompany her on her centuries-old journey through eternal night and youth.
Meanwhile, high school student Mark Kendall (Jim Carrey) wants to go all the way but is being put off by his girlfriend Robin Pierce (Karen Kopins).
One night, Mark and his best friends Jamie and Russ go to a singles bar in Hollywood. Mark meets the Countess and he goes back to her mansion, and after she seduces him, he passes out when she bites his thigh. When he wakes up, she pretends they have been more intimate and tells him that he is now hers…
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Reviews:
“ …Once Bitten is just spectacularly unfunny most of the time, trading on supposed double entendres to work up fitful humor […] it’s notable that the film pretty much jettisons the vampire angle in its closing moments…” Blu-ray.com
“Released by The Samuel Goldwyn Company in the wake of other light horror comedies such as Teen Wolf and Transylvania 6-5000, Once Bitten is a mildly amusing affair which doesn’t have much style or horror elements for that matter, but it seems to embrace more 1980s teen comedy movie clichés than Hot Tub Time Machine.” DVD Drive-In
” …affects a glossy, sophisticated look that does little to upgrade the film’s adolescent humor. As directed by Howard Storm, it has a lot more stylishness than wit. Miss Hutton looks great in black, but her predatory vampire grows tiresome very quickly, as do all the Bloody Mary jokes.” The New York Times
” …not as dumb as some but still kind of dumb.” John Stanley, Creature Features
Choice dialogue:
Mark: “I don’t wanna be a vampire. I’m a day person!”
Robin: “He doesn’t want you cause you’re mean and evil. He wants me because I’m sweet and pure.”
Cast and characters:
Lauren Hutton as the Countess
Jim Carrey as Mark Kendall
Karen Kopins as Robin Pierce
Cleavon Little as Sebastian, the Countess’s assistant
Thomas Ballatore as Jamie
Skip Lackey as Russ
Richard Schaal as Mr Kendall, Mark’s father
Peggy Pope as Mrs Kendall, Mark’s mother
Megan Mullally as Suzette
Jeb Stuart Adams as World War I Ace Vampire
Joseph Brutsman as Confederate Vampire
Stuart Charno as Cabin Boy Vampire
Robin Klein as 1960s Flower Child Vampire
Carey More as Moll Flanders Vampire
Glen Mauro as Twin Vampire #1
Gary Mauro as Twin Vampire #2
