Ah, gotta love our struggling starving actors, hard to believe that Jim Carrey was once one of them, right? You know in the strange trend that was the 1980's where not only horror movies were made into goofy comedies, but a lot of stars popped out of them. Look at Michael J. Fox in Teen Wolf, Nicholas Cage in Vampire's Kiss and Robert Sean Leonard in My Best Friend is a Vampire. Jim Carrey also had to jump the band wagon with the camp classic Once Bitten. A classic 80's romp with the dated clothes, hair and talk as well as goofy vampires who are chasing high school teenagers.
Over the course of the centuries, the Countess has collected a stable of young men and women who will accompany her on her journey through eternal night. While she is immortal, she requires three shots of a virgin's blood to keep her appearing youthful. At the same time, Mark wants to have sex, but is being put off by his girlfriend Robin. One night, Mark and his friends go into L.A., and Mark meets the Countess at a singles bar. He goes back to her home, and passes out when she bites him. When he wakes up, she pretends they have had sex, and implies they are now connected. Mark does not realize what she really means, and begins having strange dreams, avoiding direct sunlight and drinking the occasional glass of blood. After the Countess gets a second bite, Robin notices Mark's odd behavior and confronts the Countess during a dance off at the high school's Halloween dance. While it appears that Robin has won back Mark, this is only temporary. The Countess kidnaps Robin in order to lure Mark to her home for a final bite before her deadline expires, and it is up to Robin and her friends to stop her.
Over all Once Bitten is worth the look, just to see one of Jim Carrey's first movies, he's such a baby in this movie. It was interesting seeing him as someone who wasn't so crazy physically, I was expecting so many goofy faces, but it's all good, he's fun enough. I loved the countess, how she dressed was so funny and they way she acted. It was pretty funny to see the countess and Robin have a little dance off as a battle for the affection of Mark. Definitely if you were or are into those campy 80's teen horror movies that were just a cheesy good time, Once Bitten is one not to be missed.
6/10
Over the course of the centuries, the Countess has collected a stable of young men and women who will accompany her on her journey through eternal night. While she is immortal, she requires three shots of a virgin's blood to keep her appearing youthful. At the same time, Mark wants to have sex, but is being put off by his girlfriend Robin. One night, Mark and his friends go into L.A., and Mark meets the Countess at a singles bar. He goes back to her home, and passes out when she bites him. When he wakes up, she pretends they have had sex, and implies they are now connected. Mark does not realize what she really means, and begins having strange dreams, avoiding direct sunlight and drinking the occasional glass of blood. After the Countess gets a second bite, Robin notices Mark's odd behavior and confronts the Countess during a dance off at the high school's Halloween dance. While it appears that Robin has won back Mark, this is only temporary. The Countess kidnaps Robin in order to lure Mark to her home for a final bite before her deadline expires, and it is up to Robin and her friends to stop her.
Over all Once Bitten is worth the look, just to see one of Jim Carrey's first movies, he's such a baby in this movie. It was interesting seeing him as someone who wasn't so crazy physically, I was expecting so many goofy faces, but it's all good, he's fun enough. I loved the countess, how she dressed was so funny and they way she acted. It was pretty funny to see the countess and Robin have a little dance off as a battle for the affection of Mark. Definitely if you were or are into those campy 80's teen horror movies that were just a cheesy good time, Once Bitten is one not to be missed.
6/10