Once Bitten is very much so an 80s comedy, but there are some interesting homages (a little bit of Grease sprinkled here and there) and plays on the familiar tropes. Jim Carrey Is Kind of an Asshole, and He Totally Gets Away With It An old-fashioned kind of guy
The fun melding of vampire movie and 80s teen comedy tropes. What I used to like about the movie: Jim Carrey’s affable persona. The film didn’t do much of anything at the time of its release, destined to instead be revisited once Carrey skyrocketed to film stardom in 1994 off of Ace Ventura, Dumb and Dumber and The Mask. See also: Johnny Depp’s Private Resort. In this case, that star is Jim Carrey, who was just 23 and several years into his stand-up career when Once Bitten was made in 1985.
Basically, it’s an 80s teen sex comedy with a supernatural twist.īackstory: Once Bitten is a classic case of a movie which would be forgotten and lost to history if not for the convenient fact that one of its stars went on to become insanely famous. The Plot: A horny teenager’s quest to punch his V-card results in an encounter with an older woman who turns out to be a centuries-old vampire (played by former supermodel Lauren Hutton) who has to ritualistically feed on virgins to maintain her appearance. It’s time to play Nostalgia Buster, which is where I seek to answer the age-old film fan question, “Does it hold up?” Guess what? It’s not quite the movie I remembered. I first-rewatched Once Bitten three nights ago when it came on Starz. Maybe it was the fever talking, but I loved it. I first saw Once Bitten in 1995 when I was home from school with a fever.