![]() Kirkman, meanwhile, has been attached to Universal’s long-mooted reboot of AN AMERIAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, to be helmed by Max Landis. There with the aid of assistant Renfield, he stumbles through typical New York city life situations while pursuing Cindy Soundheim. ![]() The story tells of Dracula (George Hamilton) coming to (then) modern-day New York City to find his true love Mina Harker, who has been reincarnated as supermodel Cindy (Susan Saint James). This vampire spoof has Count Dracula moving to New York to find his Bride, after being forced to move out of his Transylvanian castle. First in the new lineup is Leigh Whannell’s THE INVISIBLE MAN, which appears February 28, and Paul Feig is also working on a secret project for the loose franchise. The movie that did was a little George Hamilton horror spoof, Love At First Bite. RENFIELD is part of Universal’s initiative to create a series of individual updates of its classic characters, after its first attempt at a Dark Universe of interconnected films, the Tom Cruise-starring THE MUMMY, came up short. Bram Stoker's infamous Count has been modernized (via the 1970s) as a die-hard romantic with a ticklish side (he amuses himself), and George Hamilton could not be better in the role. Love at First Bite movie reviews & Metacritic score: This vampire spoof has Count Dracula moving to New York to find his Bride, after being forced to move out of his Transylvanian castle. (He’s been played on screen by Dwight Frye in the Bela Lugosi DRACULA, pictured above, Klaus Kinski in Jess Franco’s COUNT DRACULA, Tom Waits in BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA and for laughs by Arte Johnson in LOVE AT FIRST BITE and Peter MacNicol in DRACULA: DEAD AND LOVING IT.) 'Love at First Bite' is a sassy, snorting romp, but it isn't crude it has too big of a heart to be just another vampire spoof. ![]() The story is currently under wraps, though apparently it will be a modern-day take on the character, who in Bram Stoker’s DRACULA and numerous film adaptations is a mental-hospital inmate who likes to snack on insects and falls under the sway of the vampire count. Inside is Renfield (Peter MacNicol), a London solicitor delivering papers. Skybound’s Robert Kirkman, who gave zombies a new lease on undeath with his WALKING DEAD comics, came up with the original pitch for the project, which was scripted by RICK AND MORTY’s Ryan Ridley. 'This take-off on the timeless Dracula story is one of the funniest films ever to come out of Hollywood. but movies like Love at First Bite and Dracula: Dead and Loving It amuse. Variety reports that Dexter Fletcher, who scored this past summer with the Elton John biopic ROCKETMAN, will direct RENFIELD. Love at First Bite (1979) 16 (US) Romance, Comedy, Horror 1h 36m User Score Play Trailer Your favorite pain in the neck is about to bite your funny bone Overview Dracula and Renefield relocate to 70's era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim (the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker). Renfield will be the center of a new film from Skybound Entertainment and Universal Pictures.
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