FilmPG-13Vampire Comedy Horror

Once Bitten1985

Name: Once Bitten
Genre: Vampire, Comedy Horror
Released: 1985-11-15
Rating: 5.3

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

Directed by Howard Storm

5.3

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 5.6Rotten Tomatoes 11%Metacritic 64TMDB 5.8

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Year

1985

Runtime

94 min

Box Office

Budget

$3,200,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$10,000,000

Domestic

$10,000,000

The premise

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.

Horror Vault's take

A desperate teenager's quest to lose his virginity takes a dangerous detour when a centuries-old Countess sets her sights on him for reasons far more sinister than romance. As strange changes begin to overtake him, his relationship and his social life start to unravel in increasingly bizarre ways. This mid-80s horror-comedy leans hard into campy laughs and teen-movie tropes, anchored by an early and energetic performance from a pre-superstardom Jim Carrey.

Content: Sexual Humor, Mild Horror Violence, Suggestive Content