Love at First Bite: Difference between revisions

 

The world-weary count is evicted from his ancestral home by the (Communist) Romanian government and, along with his bug-eating assistant Renfield (Arte Johnson), travels to modern-day New York City in search of his soulmate, currently reincarnated as flaky fashion model Cindy Sondheim (Susan Saint James). In winning her heart, he must deal with bumbling assassination attempts from her long-suffering psychiatrist/quasi-boyfriend Jeffery Rosenberg (Richard Benjamin), who is "Fritz" Van Helsing's grandson.

Hamilton has tried on numerous occasions to get a sequel filmed, but the concept remains mired deep in [[Development Hell]].

 

 

* [[Annoying Laugh]]: Renfield, copied from Dwight Frye in the original movie ''Dracula.''

* [[Badass Cape]]

* [[Big Blackout]]: {{spoiler|New York City suffers one of these during the climax.}}

* [[Black Cloak]]

* [[Black Dude Dies First]]: The only corpse in sight, and he dies before the movie even ''starts''.

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Rosenberg knows how to pick locks using a credit card.

* [[Clumsy Copyright Censorship]]: In the VHS and DVD releases of the film, the disco song perfectly used in a crucial scene ("I Love The Nightlife") was replaced with some third-rate generic (and presumably royalty-free) tune.

* [[Dracula]]

* [[Fake Nationality]]: An in-universe example: Rosenberg the psychiatrist adapted that name "for professional reasons."

* [[Hypnotic Eyes]]: In a comedic subversion, Dracula only uses these on men, even when faced with women who are being aggressively unhelpful.

'''Renfield''': No, my lunch is going to eat ''you''. }}

* [[Intoxication Ensues]]: "What was that maniac drinking!? Tastes like the Volga river at low tide!"

* [[Ruritania]]: 1970's Romania. "I think they're from the government (...) They're wearing shoes."

* [[Running Gag]]: Rosenberg can never get his [[Fantastic Religious Weirdness|vampire lore]] straight.

** Multiple ''[[Roots]]'' references thoroughly date this piece.

* [[The Taxi]]

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[[Category:Films of the 1970s]]