Synopsis
Mark wants to lose his virginity, but his girlfriend wants to wait. Unfortunately for both of them, a 400-year-old vampire Countess needs to turn a virgin into a vampire before Halloween in order to preserve her own youthful appearance, and when she finds Mark, she turns his life upside-down.
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Cast
- Jim CarreyMark Kendall
- Lauren HuttonCountess
- Karen KopinsRobin Pierce
- Cleavon LittleSebastian
- Thomas BallatoreJamie
- Skip LackeyRuss
- Jeb Stuart AdamsWorld War I Ace Vampire (as Jeb Adams)
- Joseph BrutsmanConfederate Vampire
- Stuart CharnoCabin Boy Vampire
- Dominick BrasciaYoung Man Buying Ice Cream
Recommendations
- 90
Los Angeles Times
Once Bitten is that extreme rarity, a youth movie that's made the grown-up discovery of how sexy and amusing a situation can be if you leave things to the imagination. - 88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Every season it appears that Hollywood has truly and finally run out of comic things to say with coming- of-age scenarios, and every once in a while it's demonstrated that the genre simply needs intelligent handling. Once Bitten is one of the better things to happen lately to adolescent sex comedies simply because it isn't gross; because it isn't mean- minded; because Jim Carrey has a way of pouting that makes him look like he has buck teeth. [27 Nov 1985] - 50
The New York Times
Once Bitten 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. - 20
TV Guide Magazine
This attempt to combine elements of vampire lore with the limited format of the teen sex comedy is a monstrous movie all right, a frighteningly awful horror comedy.
