Once Bitten poster

Once Bitten( 1985)

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Mark Kendall just found out his one-night stand has been around for centuries.

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Jim Carrey

      Mark Kendall

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      Lauren Hutton

      Countess

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      Karen Kopins

      Robin Pierce

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      Cleavon Little

      Sebastian

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      Thomas Ballatore

      Jamie

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      Stuart Charno

      Cabin Boy Vampire

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      Skip Lackey

      Russ

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      Jeb Stuart Adams

      World War I Ace Vampire

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      Joseph Brutsman

      Confederate Vampire

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      Dominick Brascia

      Young Man Buying Ice Cream

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      Robin Klein

      Flowerchild Vampire

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      Peggy Pope

      Mrs. Kendall

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      Richard Schaal

      Mr. Kendall

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      Peter Elbling

      Bookseller

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      Carey More

      Moll Flanders Vampire

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      Anna Mathias

      Daphne

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      Kate Zentall

      Tanya

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      Laura Urstein

      Darlene

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      Megan Mullally

      Suzette

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      Garry Goodrow

      Wino

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      Beans Morocco

      Harry (as Dan Barrows)

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      Chris Tashima

      Dream Sequence Extra (uncredited)

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    A review by ZC

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    Written by ZC on Tue Mar 10 2015
    This early Jim Carrey vehicle combines the vampire fad with the typical 1980's sex comedy to make for a fun-but-silly vampire farce. Lauren Hutton works well as the vamping vampire, while Cleavon Little plays a flaming homosexual variation of the Renfield archetype to her blatantly sexual Countess. Carrey plays this one relatively straight. No crazy Ace Ventura antics here. His transformation from typical "teenager" to brooding, angsty vampire is punctuated with moments of manic comedy as he realizes what's happening to him. Like many 80s comedies, the climax features a choreographed dance nu...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    3200000.00

    Revenue

    10000000.00

    Keywords

    • vampire