- Ecto-1AOctober 31, 2025🧛🏻♂️ Once bitten, twice bored. A comedy that sucked and not in a vampire way. Even for a mid-80s flick, it’s easy to see why this one flopped at the box office. It’s just bad. Not even in that charming “so-bad-it’s-good” way some ’80s movies manage, but flat-out terrible. The writing is painfully simple, and Carrey’s character is outshined by his own sidekicks, who bring the only real laughs. There isn’t much else to praise, though the pacing is surprisingly solid. It would take another nine years before we’d see Carrey truly in his element.
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Once Bitten was released on November 15, 1985.
Once Bitten was directed by Howard Storm.
Once Bitten has a runtime of 1h 33m.
Once Bitten was produced by Dimitri Villard, Frank Hildebrand, Robert Wald.
Mark wants to lose his virginity, but his girlfriend wants to wait. Unfortunately for both of them, a 400-year-old vampire Countess needs to turn a virgin into a vampire before Halloween in order to preserve her own youthful appearance, and when she finds Mark, she turns his life upside-down.
The key characters in Once Bitten are Mark Kendall (Jim Carrey), Countess (Lauren Hutton), Robin Pierce (Karen Kopins).
Once Bitten is rated PG-13.
Once Bitten is a Comedy, Horror, Fantasy film.
Once Bitten has an audience rating of 4 out of 10.
Once Bitten had a budget of $3.2M.
Once Bitten has made $10M at the box office.