Once Bitten

• Comedy
• Horror
• Fantasy

A playfully irreverent horror comedy, *Once Bitten* centers on a hapless teenager’s desperate pursuit of experience colliding with a centuries-old vampire Countess’s urgent need to avoid aging. Unlike typical vampire narratives focused on dread, this film leans into a deliberately campy tone, fueled by Lauren Hutton’s performance as a glamorous, aggressively flirtatious vampire and Jim Carrey’s early comedic energy. The film distinguishes itself by embracing 80’s excess – particularly through unexpected musical numbers – while subverting expectations of both the horror and romance genres, turning a potentially gothic tale into a surprisingly lighthearted exploration of desire and the anxieties of first love, framed within a frantic race against a Halloween deadline.