LOVE AT FIRST BITE (DVD/1979/16X9/WS-1.85/FF/ENG-FR-SP SUB) DVD

Love at First Bite
George Hamilton confounded his detractors by turning in a first-rate comic performance in Love at First Bite. Hamilton plays Count Dracula, who is evicted from his Transylvanian domicile when the Communist government decides to nationalize his castle. With faithful toady Renfield (Arte Johnson) at his side, Dracula heads for the Big Apple, where he finds the vampire pickings radically different from those on his home turf: for example, ol' Drac suffers the mother of all hangovers when his sinks his fangs into the neck of a wino. Klutzy Cindy Sondheim (Susan Saint James) falls in love with Dracula, not fully aware of his colorful background. But Saint James' stuffy fiance Dr. Jeff Rosenberg (Richard Benjamin), a descendant of Dracula's perennial foe Professor Van Helsing, knows what Dracula's up to and does his best to thwart the vampire's plan. This proves very difficult, since such time-honored remedies as the stake through the heart are frowned upon by the New York City authorities. So successful was Love at First Bite that George Hamilton was encouraged to have a satiric go at another literary icon in 1982's Zorro, the Gay Blade. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast George Hamilton as Count Dracula Susan Saint James as Cindy Sondheim Richard Benjamin as Dr. Jeff Rosenberg Dick Shawn as Lt. Ferguson Arte Johnson as Renfield Sherman Hemsley as Rev. Mike Isabel Sanford as Judge

Crew Alex Romero - Choreography Stan Dragoti - Director Mort Fallick - Editor Allan Jacobs - Editor George Hamilton - Executive Producer Robert Kaufman - Executive Producer Charles Bernstein - Composer (Music Score) Serge Krizman - Production Designer Edward C. Rosson - Cinematographer Joel Freeman - Producer Don Bassman - Sound/Sound Designer Robert Kaufman - Screenwriter Margo Kaufman - Screenwriter Mark Gindes - Short Story Author

Love at First Bite
(not reviewed)
 

George Hamilton: Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD1: Dolby Digital Mono Additional Features: none specified DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: PG DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 2 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 96 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- Widescreen 1. Title/Model Love [6:11] 2. Driven out of Town [5:10] 3. Welcome to America [4:14] 4. A Sermon to Wake the Dead [4:32] 5. All Men Are Dogs [5:00] 6. Clucks and Fangs [6:25] 7. Disco Is Dead [5:35] 8. The Seduction [4:39] 9. "A Dynamite Hickey" [5:30] 10. Dueling Trances [7:48] 11. "Burn, Baby, Burn" [3:18] 12. Bloody Bank "Hoist" [6:16] 13. Time to Plead Insanity [7:24] 14. A Knockout Blackout [3:47] 15. Backseat Driver [8:42] 16. A Love Eternal/End Credits [4:14] Side #2 -- Full Screen 1. Title/Model Love [6:19] 2. Driven out of Town [5:10] 3. Welcome to America [4:14] 4. A Sermon to Wake the Dead [4:32] 5. All Men Are Dogs [4:59] 6. Clucks and Fangs [6:25] 7. Disco Is Dead [5:36] 8. The Seduction [4:39] 9. "A Dynamite Hickey" [5:31] 10. Dueling Trances [7:48] 11. "Burn, Baby, Burn" [3:18] 12. Bloody Bank "Hoist" [6:16] 13. Time to Plead Insanity [7:24] 14. A Knockout Blackout [3:47] 15. Backseat Driver [8:42] 16. A Love Eternal/End Credits [4:14]