{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"LOVE AT FIRST BITE (1979) \u2013 Episode 184 \u2013 Decades Of Horror 1970s","description":"\u201cWhat was that maniac drinking? Tastes like the Volga river at low tide!\u201d Muddy water turned to wine? Join your faithful Grue Crew \u2013 Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr \u2013 as they check out the Tanned One as the undead Count in Love at First Bite (1979). Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 184 \u2013 Love at First Bite (1979) Join the Crew on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel! Subscribe today! And click the alert to get notified of new content! https:\/\/youtube.com\/gruesomemagazine When the Communist regime ejects the Count from his ancestral home, he and Renfield go in search of the current incarnation of Dracula\u2019s true love, a fashion model living in New York City. The Count finds it difficult to adjust to life in the Big Apple in the late 1970s, but true love triumphs in the end.   Director: Stan Dragoti Writers: Robert Kaufman (screenplay); Mark Gindes (story); Bram Stoker (character Dracula)  Selected cast: George Hamilton as Count Vladimir Dracula Susan Saint James as Cindy Sondheim Richard Benjamin as Dr. Jeffrey Rosenberg\/Van Helsing Dick Shawn as Lieutenant Ferguson NYPD Arte Johnson as Renfield Ronnie Schell as Guy in Elevator Isabel Sanford as Judge R. Thomas Sherman Hemsley as Reverend Mike Barry Gordon as Flashlight Vendor Bob Basso as T.V. Repairman Bryan O\u2019Byrne as Priest Ralph Manza as Limo Driver Michael Pataki as Mobster Susan Tolsky as Model Agent Join Doc, Jeff, Bill, and Chad as they go disco dancing with George Hamilton\u2019s Count Dracula as they review Love at First Bite (1979). For a time, this comedic take on Bram Stoker\u2019s Dracula was the highest-grossing independent film of all time. But, it is actually\u2026 funny and the Grue-Crew are here to share their thoughts. If nothing else, it has a great cast. Alongside Hamilton are Susan Saint James, Richard Benjamin, Arte Johnson (doing his best Dwight Frye!), and Dick Shawn. Enjoy! At the time of this writing, Love at First Bite is available to stream from YouTube and on a Scream Factory Blu-ray disc as a double feature with Once Bitten (1985). Gruesome Magazine\u2019s Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode, chosen by Jeff, will be Death Race 2000 (1975) starring David Carradine, Simone Griffeth, Sylvester Stallone, Mary Woronov, and Martin Kove. Roger Corman is the producer so you know stuff is gonna \u2018splode. We want to hear from you \u2013 the coolest, grooviest fans: comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror 1970s podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com. ","author_name":"Decades of Horror | Horror News Radio","author_url":"http:\/\/docrotten.libsyn.com","html":"