Once Bitten

In the Eighties, losing one's Virginity was a pivotal point in a young man’s life, crossing the threshold into manhood and proving that you could SCORE!

Well that’s how most movies treated it, and "Once Bitten" is no exception.

Mark Kendall is trying to be patient with his adorable, but prudish best girl Robin. Robin thinks they should wait for the right moment, not have a few minutes in a car. Mark is upset, but since he loves Robin, agrees to wait… again.

Best buddies Jamie and Russ try to act as if they are experts on the issue of sex and suggest they go into Hollywood one night, meet some strangers and get the whole pressure of Virginity off of Mark’s mind, then he won’t feel so strained waiting for Robin to be ready.

Why Mark listens to these guys is beyond me, seeing as Mark is the one with a sweet, devoted girlfriend and these guys are pathetic losers -but I chalk that up to plot development.

Meanwhile, The Countess -a beautiful but ancient blond vampire needs her “fix” of virgin blood by Halloween and is on the prowl in Hollywood looking for one. Because Hollywood is where one goes to find virgins I suppose?

Oh well… She does find one and lures Mark back to her vast mansion to feed. He passes out and she has him believing they had a sexual encounter and promises they will meet again.

Robin finds out about the tryst from loudmouths Jamie and Russ-but forgives him because she is so devoted to him.

Meanwhile, thinking he can put all this behind him, Mark finds himself getting sensitive to sunlight, craving raw meat and wanting to nap in the trunk in his room. His parents chalk this up to puberty, his friends suspect he has beome a vampire.

The Countess doesn’t want to give up this pure blood and pursues him to finish getting the 2 more bites she needs. This will fulfill her blood requirement and also turn Mark into a full vampire.

Her pursuits result in some embarrassing moments and a very funny dancing showdown between Robin and The Countess (this was the Eighties, there was no “under-dogs unite and fight the masses” montage sequence, so this was created I suppose)

Mark now shuns this woman, he just wants his pure love relationship with Robin. The Countess hears the clock ticking and devises a plan that results in the movies climax (no pun intended) and good use of Jim Carrey’s facial contortion genius.