Love Bite (2012)

School is over and summer has begun in the dead-end seaside town of Rainmouth. While Jamie's friends seem to be happy working in the local pie factory by day and looking for sex by night, ... See full summary »

Director:

Andy De Emmony

Writers:

Ronan Blaney, Cris Cole

Stars:

Ed Speleers, Jessica Szohr, Timothy Spall

Cast

Credited cast:
Ed Speleers	...	Jamie
Jessica Szohr	...	Juliana
Timothy Spall	...	Sid
Luke Pasqualino	...	Kev
Kierston Wareing	...	Natalie
Eloise Smyth	...	Tiffany
Robert Pugh	...	Sergent Rooney
Rona Morison	...	Fiona
Joy McAvoy	...	Berit
Robin Morrissey	...	Bruno
Francesca Hunt	...	Caroline
Rachel McCreath	...	Donna
Paul Birchard	...	Reverend Lynch
Adam Leese	...	Gilkes
Katia Kvinge	...	Girl in Bar

Storyline

School is over and summer has begun in the dead-end seaside town of Rainmouth. While Jamie's friends seem to be happy working in the local pie factory by day and looking for sex by night, Jamie is bored out of his mind, running his pot-head mother's B&B. He's desperate to get out of there. But when he meets beautiful, smart and sexy American traveler Juliana at a party, he's smitten - the world is not so small after all. But soon after Juliana's arrival, strange things start happening. One of the local teens goes missing at a party. Then, another. Jamie is warned by an enigmatic stranger that a werewolf is in town - and preying solely on virgin flesh! The only way to be safe seems to be to pop your cherry. (But that can't be true... can it?) As the locals are picked off one by one, the boys fear that a werewolf is indeed after them. And for all their talk, it turns out none of them have ever had sex before... Pretty soon, everyone is dying to get laid.

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Plot Keywords:

sex | loss of virginity | milf | male nudity | werewolf | 

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Taglines:

Dying...to get laid.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 November 2012 (UK)

Also Known As:

Erotas me tin proti dagonia

Filming Locations:

Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

£2,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

WestEnd Films, Ecosse Films, Notting Hill Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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User Reviews

Watchable, but nothing new or original with unremarkable characters

I happened to catch a screening of Love Bite tonight after the film I was trying to see was sold out. The showing had barely a handful of people and it is easy to understand why with the lack of promotion for this film. Not even a poster picture on IMDb.

The premise of Love Bite is a group of teenagers attempting to loose their virginity in the British seaside town of Rainmouth. Add the desperation factor of a werewolf intent on turning anyone who has not popped their cherry and you basically have the plot for this film.

Watching the film it just came across as poor version of Inbetweeners movie. Jamie (Ed Speleers) and his three best friends Kev (Luke Pasqualino), Bruno (Robin Morrissey) and Spike (Daniel Kendrick) spend their lives hanging around the fairground and chip shop attempting to pull women. At a party Jamie meets American travel writer Juliana (Jessica Szohr) who catches his eye.

As the action between the pair gathers pace a sub plot with werewolf hunter Sid (Timothy Spall) putting doubt in Jamie's mind that Juliana is not all it seems.

Sadly the balance of the this film is all wrong, rather than a good mix of characters you get one (Jamie) that is likable and three others who are foul-mouthed and crude. It makes the film overbearing and sadly it becomes tiring and the jokes lose any humour.

I missed the humour in this film, apart from cheap sauce squirting gags and crude one liners there were only a few laugh out loud scenes that made the film watchable. I guess this film borrows from other toilet style humour films and sort of pulls elements together to try and make something original, but doesn't quite achieve it.

Watching the film you can't help but notice that it was low budget. One scene you see the front of Claton pier as an establishing shot but Claton has been digitally replaced with the name Rainmouth. As Jamie and Juliana walk past you can then clearly see the real name in the background. It is just one of a few examples of goofs noticeable during the film.

I don't think this film will be at cinema's for long, I'd advise waiting for a DVD release rather than spending any money on seeing it on the big screen. Just about watchable, but nothing new original with unremarkable characters. 1/5