Synopsis
Dracula and Renefield relocate to 70's era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim, the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker. "Trouble adjusting" is a wild understatement for the Count as he battles Cindy's psychiatrist, Jeffrey Rosenberg, a descendant of Van Helsing, who may almost certainly, possibly, may be in love with Cindy too.
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Cast
- George HamiltonCount Vladimir Dracula
- Susan Saint JamesCindy Sondheim
- Richard BenjaminDr. Jeffery Rosenberg / Van Helsing
- Dick ShawnLieutenant Ferguson NYPD
- Arte JohnsonMr. Renfield
- Sherman HemsleyReverend Mike
- Isabel SanfordJudge R. Thomas
- Barry GordonFlashlight Vendor
- Ronnie SchellGuy in Elevator
- Stanley BrockErwin Newman (Cab Driver)
Recommendations
- 75
New Orleans Times-Picayune
A harmless bit of fluff with fun performances. [27 Oct 2000, p.5] - 70
Variety
Director Stan Dragoti keeps the chuckles coming, spaced by a few good guffaws. - 70
The New York Times
Mr. Hamilton's knack for comedy has been a well-kept secret until now, but he's certainly funny in Love at First Bite, a coarse, delightful little movie with a bang-up cast and no pretensions at all. - 70
The Observer (UK)
The career of the man who directed The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington could only go up, and it rocketed with this very funny comedy starring George Hamilton as Count Dracula, who's driven out of modern Transylvania by zealous Communist Party officials and heads for corrupt Manhattan, hoping to meet a trendy model he's seen in a fashion magazine. [13 Mar 2005, p.83] - 70
Time
The production's genially tatty air enhances its anarchical mood and encourages one to go with its goofy yet often shrewd comic flow. - 70
The New Yorker
A rowdy burlesque of the Dracula movies, set in Manhattan, with dilapidated stuffed bats and a large assortment of gags; some of them are funny in a low-grade, moldy way, and some are even stupidly racist, but many are weirdly hip, with a true flaky wit. - 60
Time Out
Atrociously directed and full of groan-making jokes, but the cast are having such a good time that it's difficult not to respond in a similar way. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
For every bit that works there are three that don't, and the movie becomes somewhat tedious at times. Hamilton, however, is obviously having a good time with his role and has a field day with the Bela Lugosi accent.
