![]() Overly problematic degree.Love at First Bite 1979 DVD (Region 1 - Playable in North America - The US, Canada, Mexico, etc.) Color Widescreen 96 min. Related wear and tear, with all of the "usual suspects" like dirt, scratches and minus density popping up with regularity, though never to any The elements have their fair share of age Nicely saturated (could it have been that famous tan?), while other moments are surprisingly pallid. The color space is just slightly variable, with some shots of Hamilton especially looking The situation, as grain is its splotchiest in these moments. Ironically the solid black levels only tend to exacerbate Times unnatural looking grain that exhibits a yellowish tint in some of the darkest scenes. The film's appropriately dark and dank ambience unfortunately doesn'tĪlways translate perfectly in this high definition rendering, with at This is a solid if somewhat modest high definition presentation. Love at First Bite is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Scream Factory, an imprint of Shout! Factory, with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer inġ.85:1. Benjamin and Johnson are the most colorful members of a large supportingĬast, one which trades on a number of cameos (including at least a couple members of The Jeffersons television series) to provide Hamilton is obviously having fun as the eternally youthful Count, but Saint James, usually an actress of considerableĬharm, seems to be almost sleep walking through her role here. Love at First Bite delivers a steady stream of fairly low level humor, but it never really erupts into the stratosphere the way Youngįrankenstein did. Knee deep in analysis with her putative fiancé psychiatrist, Jeffrey Rosenberg (Richard Benjamin), who just happens to be the grandson of Meanwhile, Cindy, chased after by the lecherous Count, is (like any good fashion model) Trials and tribulations of an urban environment. That sends the Count and Renfield to New York City, where the Count's suave but somewhat confounded personality learns to deal with the Whom Dracula believes is the latest reincarnation of his age old love (including former incarnation Mina Harker). That at least leaves Dracula free to pursue his latest obsession, fashion model Cindy Sondheim (Susan Saint Renfield (Arte Johnson, chewing the scenery along with any available insect) that they've been evicted from Dracula's castle to make room forĪ new gymnastics center. Jim Carrey one of the first major roles of his film career.Ĭount Dracula (George Hamilton) is dismayed when the local Transylvanian Communist politburo informs him and his daffy bug eating aide The less said about Once Bitten, theīetter, for it's a tired, unfunny enterprise that has gained whatever small cachet it ultimately achieved due largely to the fact that it offered Original release, when it was unexpectedly popular with audiences and at least some critics. Love at First Bite is the better of the two films in this Blu-ray double feature, but it hasn'tĪged particularly well (unlike its subject blood sucker), seeming a bit more pointlessly manic now in hindsight than it probably did upon its ![]() Unparalleled cast of comedy heavyweights. Unfortunately neither of these films had what made Young Frankenstein so memorable-namely, Mel Brooks and an Once Bitten, a film that might be thought of as a quasi-parody of Dracula's Daughter, since it revolves around a female There's a bit less of a through line to 1985's Treatment, with Dracula being played for (supposed) laughs in Love at First Bite. Made "monster" of all time appeared in 1974, but it wasn't until five years later in 1979 that another Universal horror legend got the same What's a bit surprising is how long it took. To take a stab at satirizing various horror outings. Hollywood is after all Ground Zero for imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, and so it's no wonder that other creatives decided There's probably little doubt that the overwhelming critical and box office success of Mel Brooks' lunatic Young Frankenstein made bean counters in Hollywood sit up and take Note: This film is currently available in the double feature Love at First Bite / Once Bitten. ![]() Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman, February 9, 2015
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