Bite me

Bite Me uses the romantic comedy formula with an unconventional premise and cast. Great writing and acting. A fun, kinky trip into the world of "real" vampires.

I watched this when it was first released during their RV tour, and I loved it! This is a sweet and beautiful story about self-acceptance and love, and learning to connect with those who are a little different. A heartwarming rom-com for everyone!

A ROM-COM WITH A BITE Boy audits girl. Girl drinks blood. Boy and girl fall in love but have to get past their own insecurities to be together. Typical rom-com, right? Wrong. BITE ME is anything but your typical romantic comedy and that is why we need this movie so bad right now. Indie writer/producer/actress Naomi McDougall Jones’ has created the next big movie you haven’t heard about yet but you better see it. It’s got vampires, Christian fanatics, and lots of heart. BITE ME is a glimpse into a counter culture that doesn’t want to be found. Sarah (McDougall Jones) is a real life vampire with a chip on her shoulder and a tattoo on her face. Ridiculed and closed off from society, she has formed a small circle of friends who also share her strange habit - drinking blood to restore their energy. They are real life vampires and they have just been audited by the IRS for tax evasion. James (played by Christian Coulson) is the straight-laced agent tasked with investigating her case. He’s up for a big promotion and if he can deny Sarah’s claim that vampirism is a real religion, he’ll probably get it. But the unlikely pair have an inexplicable attraction to each other and thus, a romance is born. BITE ME is the answer to the cookie-cutter rom-coms we’ve come to hate and it works best when it is at its most subversive. It’s subject matter is dark, dealing with vampirism, Christian fanaticism, and scariest of all, the IRS. Yikes! But the tone never dwells in the shadows and always brings to light the absurdity of the story. The cliché moment where the two leads make eye contact with obvious undertones of “love at first sight,” is immediately squashed and made fun of by them. These over the top characters are actually more like us than we would like to admit. They’re flawed in unique and interesting ways. The leading man doesn’t have the boring problem of droves of women fawning over him but he refuses to get pinned down. It’s his mother who hounds him night and day. The leading lady isn’t a klutz around the men she likes because that old character trait isn’t funny, it’s insulting. Sarah drinks blood to heal her incurable illness. Now that’s original and fun and yeah, it’s kind of weird, but it’s fun! And yet with these strange quirks, it doesn’t take long for you to see yourself in them.