Meets his romantic rival, he's determined to put a stake in the count's But when her would-beīoyfriend (Benjamin), a descendant of the vampire killing Van Helsing To hisĭelight, she quickly falls for his necking style. (Saint James), a model with an old soul, his eternal bride. George Hamilton turns in a terrific comedic performance here in this comedy vampire flick.įrom Transylvania, Dracula (Hamilton) goes to New York to make Cindy Shawn, Arte Johnson, Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford! A terrific modern comedic twist on the well covered vampire movie. York Times) led by the epitome of suave, George Hamilton, and featuringįirst rate performances from Susan Saint James, Richard Benjamin, Dick Has never been so funny and dashing to say nothing of being an awesomeĭisco dancer as in this "delightful movie with a bang-up cast" (The New Love At First Bite DVD 1979: George Hamilton & Susan James This title is very rare, out of print and has NOĪll DVDs are Region Free NTSC (North American) format unless otherwise specified. This DVD is a High Quality BACKUP of the studio > Upgrade to Special Edition to Add * Transylvania Twist 1989 Robert Vaughn * on DVD R ! !Ĭontains Full Menus, Chapters & Features Of The Studio Release anamorphic widescreen (1.DVD created * ON DEMAND * Using a Top Quality DVD R Disc - No Artwork or DVD Case includedġ00% 1:1 Digital DVD Transfer - A/V Quality 10/10 - Best Available Transfer for this film!įull Studio DVD Release, movie only, no menus on DVD R! Love at First Bite, from MGM Home Entertainmentĩ6 min. To see modern interviews with the cast and crew, but what can you The image is sharp and bright andĪudio is Dolby Digital mono and it’s okay.Īlas, there are no extras. The movie is offered in both anamorphic widescreen (16x9 TV compatible) and Pan&Scan on opposite sides of the same disc, which is the way it should be if Pan&Scan versions have to be inflicted on people. Portrayal Renfield, Dracula’s bug-eating slave.Īnd like “Who are those guys?” in Butch Cassidy, Benjamin’s “He’s already dead!” almost becomes a motto for the film.ĭoes Dracula meet his usual fate of being killed at least until the next Dracula movie manages to bring him back to, er, death again? To find a particular page in a newspaper using only his teeth.Īnd one mustn’t forget Arte Johnson’s hilariously terrific Jacket after yet another failed attempt to kill the vampire, trying ![]() Him to the US – using a reading light to bone up on thingsĪmerican that are hopelessly out of date. Hamilton – in his coffin in the cargo hold of the plane bringing There are many wonderful moments in Love at First Bite, including His character is a descendent of Professor Van Helsing, so he’s hip to vampires (or thinks he is until he actually goes on the trail to kill Dracula and discovers that he’s a tad mixed up that a silver bullet won’t work on a vampire, etc.) It appears the only thing standing between Dracula and his seducing of Saint James is her shrink/boyfriend (terrifically played by Richard Benjamin), who’s pretty sure he almost loves her but isn’t sure enough to marry her. Now, the movie's now, she’s a typical 1970’s free spirit, which in some ways makes her more amenable to Dracula’s advances. This isn’t just because he hears the siren call of the Land of the Free he’s in love with a famous supermodel (Susan Saint James) whose soul he has encountered in previous ages. ![]() With nowhere to go, Dracula decides to do what so many others have done over the years: move to America. The movie opens with the Count in his castle in Transylvania, when the Communists of the day show up to expropriate the castle and use it to train Romanian gymnasts. His Dracula is witty and charming, and is actually quite a sympathetic In what is basically a romantic comedy that works on many levels. George Hamilton eschews his famous tan for a pasty, undead look Goes to show how successfully Love at First Bite turned the conceptīecause it’s a very funny movie that’ll tickle theįunny bones of horror movie fans, assuming they have funny bones. TechnoFILE is copyright and a registered trademark © ® ofīeing bitten by a vampire may be no laughing matter, but that just
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