History Film / LoveAtFirstBite

After getting evicted from his ancestral home by the Communist Romanian government, the world-weary Count travels with his bug-eating assistant Renfield (Arte Johnson) to UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity to find his soulmate, currently reincarnated as flaky fashion model Cindy Sondheim (Creator/SusanSaintJames). While trying to win her heart, Drac must fend off bumbling assassination attempts from Jeffery Rosenberg (Creator/RichardBenjamin), Cindy's long-suffering therapist and quasi-boyfriend, who happens to be "Fritz" Van Helsing's grandson. Assisting Rosenberg is skeptical NYPD detective Lt. Ferguson (Dick Shawn).

'''Dracula:''' Children of the night... shut up!

* WrongInsultOffence: Dracula takes offense to being called honky... because he isn't Hungarian.

* PresentDay: At time of release, this was a comedy about Dracula dealing with the modern world. This is completely enforced thanks to the disco dancing, JiveTurkey supporting characters, DirtyCommies as Romanian government flacks, cheerfully-unprotected sex, and ''Series/{{Roots 1977}}'' references.

* TheCameo: Creator/IsabelSanford and Creator/ShermanHemsley, both from ''Series/TheJeffersons'', play a judge and a preacher respectively, albeit in separate scenes.

* TheCameo: Creator/IsabelSanford and Creator/ShermanHemsley (both from ''Series/TheJeffersons'') play a judge and a preacher respectively, albeit in separate scenes.

* TheCameo: Isabel Sanford and Sherman Helmsley (''Series/TheJeffersons'') play a judge and a preacher, respectively, albeit in separate scenes.

* PocketProtector: How Dracula survived getting staked by the original Van Helsing.

* TheRenfield: Renfield, Dracula's faithful assistant. Being human, he performs tasks that must be done during the daylight hours, as sunlight is deadly to vampires.

* TheRenfield / SycophanticServant: "Whatever Master wants, Master gets!"

* PresentDay: At time of release, this was a comedy about Dracula dealing with the modern world. This is completely enforced thanks to the disco dancing, JiveTurkey supporting characters, DirtyCommies as Romanian government flacks, cheerfully-unprotected sex and ''Series/{{Roots 1977}}'' references.

* PresentDay: At time of release, this was a comedy about Dracula dealing with the modern world. This is completely enforced thanks to the disco dancing, JiveTurkey supporting characters, DirtyCommies as Romanian government flacks, cheerfully-unprotected sex and ''Series/{{Roots}}'' references.

* JiveTurkey: More than one black character.

* JiveTurkey: More than one black character.
* KissOfTheVampire + RuleOfThrees: Dracula has to bite Cindy three times to entirely turn her into a vampire.

* WeHaveForgottenThePhlebotinum: Rosenberg tries to confront Dracula by whipping out a cross -- only he accidentally pulls out a Star of David instead.

* BadassCape: Lampshaded at the end, when [[spoiler: Rosenberg and the detective agree to take turns wearing it to impress women]].

* {{Ruritania}}: 1970s Romania. "I think they're from the government (...) They're wearing shoes."

* NoisyShutUp: As the movie begins, Dracula is playing the piano while wolves are howling outside the castle.

-->'''Dracula:''' What ''was'' that maniac drinking!? Tastes like the Volga river at low tide!

-->'''Renfield:''' You have thirty seconds to tell me where Miss Sondheim is, or...\\

'''Renfield:''' No, my lunch will eat ''you''.

'''Cindy's Agent:''' Or what? You'll eat your lunch in my office?\\

After getting evicted from his ancestral home by the Communist Romanian government, the world-weary Count travels with his bug-eating assistant Renfield (Arte Johnson) to UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity to find his soulmate, currently reincarnated as flaky fashion model Cindy Sondheim (Susan Saint James). While trying to win her heart, Drac must fend off bumbling assassination attempts from Jeffery Rosenberg (Creator/RichardBenjamin), Cindy's long-suffering therapist and quasi-boyfriend, who happens to be "Fritz" Van Helsing's grandson. Assisting Rosenberg is skeptical NYPD detective Lt. Ferguson (Dick Shawn).

-->'''Dracula:''' What '''''was''''' that maniac drinking!? Tastes like the Volga river at low tide!

--> '''Cindy's Agent''': What are ya gonna do, eat your lunch in my office?
--> '''Renfield''': No, my lunch is going to eat ''you''.

-->'''Dracula''': I am a great power -- but I am humbled before you.[[note]] Note that Creator/FredricMarch's Death also spoke in a cheesy eastern European accent in that film. If the line works, it works, right?[[/note]]

* NoisyShutUp: As the movie begins, Dracula is playing the piano while wolves are heard outside the castle.

-->'''Stewardess:''' Pardon me. Would you like chicken Kiev, Chateaubriand, or veal cutlet Florentine for lunch?\\

'''Lady on Plane with Cat:''' ''[scoffing at Renfield]'' I'll have the chicken Kiev, miss. Oh, why don't you bring a nice juicy mouse for little Salome here?\\