Offbeat reimaginings of Dracula and Renfield are paired with original characters who have a connection to the original plot from Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.” Let’s take a look at our main players: ![]() What I most enjoyed about “Love at First Bite” was the way it interpreted classic horror characters. After being exiled from Castle Dracula by the Transylvanian government, Vladimir and Renfield head to New York to find Cindy. On a soul-deep level, he knows that Cindy is the reincarnation of his one true love. Several decades to a century later (the timeline feels a bit unclear), Vladimir’s given new hope when he sees supermodel Cindy Sondheim on the cover of one of his magazine subscriptions. He also failed to turn his soulmate (reincarnated as Mina Harker) into a vampire. ![]() What I forgot about “Love at First Bite” is that it takes place after the events of “Dracula.” We learn that Vladimir (Dracula) escaped from Van Helsing with assistance from his daylight guardian, Renfield. This was a sign to me that, after twenty-something years, it was finally time for a rewatch. Of course, the blu was released under one of my favorite labels, Scream Factory. Is it really anything special, or does our love of it come purely from nostalgia? Recently, while browsing at my local comic book store, I found “Love at First Bite” on a double-feature blu-ray along with the Jim Carrey vampire comedy “Once Bitten” (1985). With three generations of family members enjoying the film, I began to wonder how this simple, quirky horror-comedy was able to have such a lasting impact. From my mom: “She thought Hamilton was cute…your grandmother always liked horror movies, especially vampire movies like ‘The Lost Boys’ and ‘Salem’s Lot.’ She also liked ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ and ‘The Amityville Horror’ (she thought James Brolin was cute, too). Apparently, my grandmother had a mini-crush on Hamilton, so this was a regular on her watch list. I also later discovered that “Love at First Bite” was a family favorite on my mom’s side.
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