History Film / OnceBitten

* VampiresAreSexGods: Or Sex Goddesses, in the Countess' case. Each time the Countess seduces and bite Mark, she leaves him a state of ecstasy that ends with him passing out with no memory. Overtime Mark cannot resist the Countess' allure as he falls more and more under her power and dark influence, eventually causing Robin to intervene and take drastic measures.

* VirginPower: The only reason the Countess is interested in Mark—because his virgin blood keeps her young and beautiful.

Along comes the mysterious and beautiful Countess (Lauren Hutton), an ancient vampire who, every year, needs [[VirginSacrifice the blood of a male virgin]] by Halloween to stay young and beautiful—but it's TheEighties, and where is a vampire going to find a teenage male virgin in Los Angeles?

* ChekhovsGun: The coffins inside the Countess' mansion. Mark and Robin vacate inside one to help Mark lose his virginity so that way the Countess wouldn't be able get to bite him a third time.

* PrisonRape: Lampshaded by Jamie to Russ after their attempts to check Mark for a vampire bite on his thigh in the high school showers goes awry and he sarcastically says that they looked like they were reenacting a prison rape scene.

* SlidingScaleOfVampireFriendliness: Despite needing a [[VirginPower virgin "sacrifice"]], the countess and her coven seemed to be in the middle of friendliness scale. As befits a light comedy, the death in her wake was a big ol' zero, and there were no morality shifts or ravening thirst. The Countess herself was pretty friendly for an evil seductress, and two girls from the coterie and Mark's friends got on pretty well.

* AristocratsAreEvil: Well, AffablyEvil, in this case. The Countess and her henchman [[TheRenfield Sebastian]] are evil vampires who are very rich and dress up well and live in a large mansion, but they're also very nice to potential victims and to those who serve them as loyal vampire followers.

* AutoErotica: Mark seeing the parking lot of cars bouncing and shaking with other people having sex after he's gotten the cold shoulder from Robin. Ouch... just ouch.

* ModestOrgasm: Despite it only being a ridiculously short amount of time, the coffin shakes vigorously and then Mark and Robin emerge from the coffin with smiles on their faces and smoking cigarettes.

-->'''The Countess:''' ''[incredulous]'' You couldn't have. You've had ''less than a minute''! You could have... but you didn't have time to enjoy it.

* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: Inverted. Mark shows up at the costume party in all black and everyone thinks he has come as a vampire, except Robin, who is upset he didn't bother to be Jack to her Jill.

* BloodCountess: The Countess is a rich female vampire who needs the blood of a male virgin every year to stay young and beautiful.

* DamselInDistress: To lure Mark to her mansion for the final bite, the Countess kidnaps Robin, who is held BoundAndGagged.

* MurderTheHypotenuse: The Countess orders Sebastian to pick up Robin and bring her to her estate so that way she could dispose of her.

* VirginShaming: Not only is Mark a virgin, but so are his two best friends, not for lack of trying. The bookseller makes fun of Mark, saying that if he's an 18-year old virgin, a vampire trying to get him should be the least of his worries.

* TheEighties: The film's setting and plot takes place in 1980s Los Angeles, where virgin feeding victims are hard to come by for a centuries old vampire countess.

* AristocratsAreEvil: Well, AffablyEvil, in this case. The Countess and her henchman Sebastian are evil vampires who are very rich and dress up well and live in a large mansion, but they're also very nice to those who serve them as loyal vampire followers and as future virginal human vampire feeding victims.

* BloodCountess: The Countess is a rich female vampire who needs the blood of a young male virgin to stay beautiful.
* BreakfastInBed: At the beginning of the movie, [[TheRenfield Sebastian]] serves the Countess breakfast in bed, only the Countess is a vampire so she is waking up after sunset, her "bed" is a coffin, and "breakfast" is a pint of blood.
* CampGay: The Countess' manservant, Sebastian, who is slightly swishy, into fashion (he makes sure she looks beautiful) and openly gay (an ironic RunningGag has him wait in her closet).

* CatapultNightmare: Mark springs up from his bed after his erotic dream of the Countess ends with blood dripping from her mouth and smiling with her fangs visible.
* CatchPhrase: Russ uses the same pick up line three times in the film.

* DamselInDistress: Robin gets kidnapped and held bound and gagged in the Countess' mansion.

* EroticDream: Mark suffers from these after being bitten the first time. Days later, he has one about him and the Countess having a date which involves smoking, kissing, and footsie under the table. Until it turns frightening.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Aside from Mark, the oldest male virgin the Countess's minions could track down is ''eleven''. The Countess is repulsed by the idea of biting a pre-teen.

* FountainOfYouth: Blood from a virgin keeps vampires looking young.

** For reasons never explained, the countess likes biting buttons off shirts.

* SpeedSex: How Mark and Robin eventually render him ineligible for the Countess's attentions.

* VampiresAreSexGods: Or Sex Goddesses, in the Countess's case. Each time the Countess seduces and bite Mark, she leaves him a state of ecstasy that ends with him passing out with no memory. Overtime Mark cannot resist the Countess' allure as he falls more and more under her power and dark influence, eventually causing Robin to intervene and take drastic measures.

* WeHaveTheKeys: Played with when the vampires are smashing their way through the Countess's mansion, looking for Mark. She finally gets fed up and reminds them that she has to replace every door they break, and have they even tried the doorknob? Sure enough, that door opens normally, because it's her house and not a fortress.

* AutoErotica: Mark seeing the parking lot of cars bouncing and shaking with other people having sex after getting the cold shoulder from Robin. Ouch... just ouch.

''Once Bitten'' is a American 1985 horror comedy film directed by Howard Storm.

Along comes the mysterious and beautiful Countess (Lauren Hutton), an ancient vampire who needs [[VirginSacrifice the blood of a male virgin]] to stay young and beautiful—but it's TheEighties, and where is a vampire going to find a teenage male virgin in Los Angeles?