Love Bites

Sorry, the way I see it there are maybe two types of good movies, one that is just brilliance, a 5 star all the way, and a movie that you just plain like for some reason. And I just liked this movie...why I can not say. It just grows on you?

In the present days (1992), the divorced marketing executive Kendall Gordon (Kimberly Foster) dreams on finding her prince charming, but her boyfriend Dwight Putnam (Roger Rose) unsuccessfully presses her to marry him. In a stormy night, the vampire Zachary Simms (Adam Ant) wakes up in his crypt, which the entrance is through the fireplace of Kendall's house and stumbles upon Kendall. Soon he tells his life to Kendall and his love for the woman who turned him into a vampire, Nerissa (Michelle Forbes), and how she left him. As immediate consequence, he has overslept in his coffin for more than a century. Kendall finds Zachary a sweet "man" and shows him the night life in the present century and soon he falls in love with her and decides to re-humanize. Meanwhile, Dwight hires a private eyes to investigate his rival. But when Nerissa returns to look for Zachary, complicating his new human life.

"Love Bites" is a delightful vampire romantic comedy that has not aged. The plot is funny and based on a play by Malcolm Marmorstein. Both female lead actresses, Kimberly Foster and Michelle Forbes, are very beautiful and sexy, and Kimberly Foster shows a perfect chemistry with Adam Ant that is perfect for the role of a sweet vampire. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Meu Namorado é um Vampiro" ("My Boyfriend Is a Vampire")

Okay, so it's not your regular vampire fare. But this movie is so cute, with such sweet chemistry and oddly working storyline, that it works. Sure, it's rather silly. But this movie has a quality I can't describe which just makes you love it. The actors aren't particularly talented (except for maybe Adam Ant and Michelle Forbes who were just great) but they made it work. IT was cheesy, but in that "gotta love it" way that actually worked.

Adam Ant was just great. He turned in a great performance, and he just had a way with the part that was wonderful. I couldn't help but laugh out loud as he "turned into" a bat, or when he discovered about alarms ("You are too close to the dishwasher...step away from the dishwasher...").

All in all, I loved this movie, and I have to say that "Love Bites" is probably the sweetest, cutest, most feel-good vampire movie I've even had the joy of seeing. And Zachary Simms has to be the most perky, nice vampire in the world...

From the start I was hooked, which I dont usually get into movies very easily. Also Zachary is not a bad looking character. I definently plan on purchasing this movie or at least renting it from the video store since I seen it on TV for the first time.

I must say, as vampire movies go, this one is just adorable. I have seen some comedy vampire movies, but this one just grabs you. It took me years to find this movie on video for US video, the only ones I could find were for British video and every time it would come on TV would be about 2 in the morning. Adam Ant was great as well as everyone in the cast. It put a different take on the whole vampire legend thing and the dialog between Zachary and Kendall was just terrific, especially their first meeting.

It really was a feel good movie from start to finish and I would recommend it to anyone who likes a light hearted comedy with a hint of the supernatural.