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After a one-night stand gone horribly awry, high school student Jeremy Capello (Robert Sean Leonard) finds himself one of the undead. Now he must come to terms with being a vampire while trying to get a date with the girl of his (literal) dreams. Oh, and it doesn't help that there are a couple of vampire hunters (Creator/DavidWarner and Paul Willson) in the neighborhood...

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After a one-night stand gone horribly awry, high school student Jeremy Capello (Robert Sean Leonard) (Creator/RobertSeanLeonard) finds himself one of the undead. Now he must come to terms with being a vampire while trying to get a date with the girl of his (literal) dreams. Oh, and it doesn't help that there are a couple of vampire hunters (Creator/DavidWarner and Paul Willson) Creator/PaulWillson) in the neighborhood...

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* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: inverted and subverted -- Jeremy ignores cheerleader Candy's obvious interest in him to go after Darla.

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* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: inverted Inverted and subverted -- Jeremy ignores cheerleader Candy's obvious interest in him to go after Darla.



* MistakenForGay: Jeremy's parents conclude from his odd behavior and other strange goings-on that their son is gay.

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Jeremy's parents conclude from his odd behavior and other strange goings-on that their son is gay.
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* ValuesDissonance: okay it was made in The Eighties, but it's still rather uncomfortable watching Jeremy attempt to use his mind-control powers to get Darla to forgive him for running out on their first date [[note]]Jeremy was in denial about being a vampire at the time, and panicked when kissing Darla started to bring out his fangs[[/note]]; even though it's PlayedForLaughs, it's much worse when he tries (and fails) to use them on women in a nightclub to get Ralph a "love slave".
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* DawsonCasting: at the time of release, Robert Sean Leonard (Jeremy) was 18, and Cheryl Pollack (Darla) was 20 (Evan Mirand's date of birth isn't given at imdb.com) - but all the main teenage characters still look as those they should be seniors in college, not high school.
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* TheEighties: The film was made in 1988.

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* TheEighties: The film was made in 1988.1987.
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* DawsonCasting: at the time of release, Robert Sean Leonard (Jeremy) was 18, and Cheryl Pollack (Darla) was 20 (Evan Mirand's date of birth isn't given at imdb.com) - but all the main teenage characters still look as those they should be seniors in college, not high school.
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* ChekovsHobby: Mrs Capello often listens to a police band radio, and tells Ralph the location of the local speed traps every morning (he and Jeremy car pool to school). Later in the movie, Ralph throws off a car chasing them (they don't know it's Professor [=McCarthy=]) by getting it caught in a speed trap.

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* ChekovsHobby: ChekhovsHobby: Mrs Capello often listens to a police band radio, and tells Ralph the location of the local speed traps every morning (he and Jeremy car pool to school). Later in the movie, Ralph throws off a car chasing them (they don't know it's Professor [=McCarthy=]) by getting it caught in a speed trap.
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* ChekovsHobby: Mrs Capello often listens to a police band radio, and tells Ralph the location of the local speed traps every morning (he and Jeremy car pool to school). Later in the movie, Ralph throws off a car chasing them (they don't know it's Professor [=McCarthy=]) by getting it caught in a speed trap.


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* ValuesDissonance: okay it was made in The Eighties, but it's still rather uncomfortable watching Jeremy attempt to use his mind-control powers to get Darla to forgive him for running out on their first date [[note]]Jeremy was in denial about being a vampire at the time, and panicked when kissing Darla started to bring out his fangs[[/note]]; even though it's PlayedForLaughs, it's much worse when he tries (and fails) to use them on women in a nightclub to get Ralph a "love slave".

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