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by Frank Showalter

Once Bitten

D-: 1.5 stars (out of 5)
1985 | United States | 94 min | More...
Reviewed Sep 4, 2003

Lauren Hutton is a 400 year old vampire that needs to drink the blood of a virgin in order to maintain her youth. She’s having a tough time finding one in 1985 Los Angeles until she meets a sexually frustrated Jim Carrey.

First the good:

  1. Lauren Hutton enjoyable as a vamp, and has the funniest scene in the movie.
  2. There’s another funny scene in the movie.
  3. There’s a pretty good dance number.

That’s about it for the good.

Now the bad:

  1. The supporting cast is weak.
  2. The script is weak.
  3. The sets are weak.
  4. Most of the jokes are weak.

Sense a theme with the bad? This movie could have been really good, Jim Carrey and Lauren Hutton have screen presence and with a better script this could have been a great dark comedy, as opposed to the flat sex-comedy it is.