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There's a certain sardonic, somewhat frenetic stylization about the movie that, in combination with the clashing personalities of the characters, theoretically lends to a dash of humor. While there's occasionally a morbid amusement beyond the promise of blood that we expect from a horror film, 'Bite,' also known as 'Blood trap,' is never truly funny. Actually, I think the main effect of those touches of style - uncareful selections music beyond the essential original score, sparing visual effects, would-be comedy - is to dampen the impact of the horror-thriller that the film could have been. One great example: if you remember the bunny in 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail,' well, there's a similar moment here.

It's regrettable that 'Bite' is distinctly overdone, because I do like the concept, and I think there are a few good ideas here. Lighting and set design is pretty great. I like the blood and makeup as they appear, and though their employment is questionable in some ways, the special effects do look good. While no one in the cast really stands out, I think they all do their job to help realize the picture. And that unfortunately rather goes for the feature as a whole: not necessarily altogether bad, but not especially good, and at best just languishing in the unremarkable middle. If the story were more straightforward in its telling it would have met with greater success. Why, for that matter - this simply didn't need to be 90 minutes long.

Then take into consideration instances of hackneyed dialogue, thin characterizations, and scenes that are unconvincingly written or executed, and I feel like I'm being overly generous to offer any slight praise. Every added flair, every attempt to dress up the movie with comedy, only serves to diminish our enjoyment. By the time 1.5 hours have passed, it seems like we've been stuck here for twice that, and what possible value we had hoped for when the film first began gradually vanishes over the runtime.

Ultimately I don't think I'd recommend this to anyone at all. Whether you're looking for outright horror or a solid horror-comedy, I'm unsure how any viewer could step away from this feeling satisfied unless they're a diehard devotee. 'Bite' had some small potential, but the filmmakers seemed intent on squandering it.

I don't do a lot of reviews, but just felt this had to be out there... this is the movie the 2024 abrigail remade. Now abrigail is a much better version of the story just as the third version of the Maltese falcon with bogart is the best of the bunch. Many scenes are word for word. But the changes are excellent. If, one likes abrigail, one should enjoy this . The scenes etc that were changed or omitted were done so for a reason...so it has some slow points.... But some aspects are funnier and some scarier than the remake. There had to be a good amount of money change hands to allow them to avoid mentioning this film. Although I do not understand why movie makers try so hard to pretend that 'their' film is the original.

This movie was hilarious! Very predictable, I could tell from the beginning what was going to happen although there were quite a few twists I did not see coming. But the whole movie had me cracking up. Especially a certain scene with a knight in shining armour and a staircase. This movie might not have the intention to make you laugh but it certainly entertained me a lot. I can't believe the actors could take a straight face, especially with some of the angles that the movie was shot it. It makes me wonder if this movie was just entirely improvised. Overall a great movie and great acting by Costas Mandylor and the rest of the cast!

A strange collection of bad guys and a couple of women try to kidnap crime lords daughter and the first 40 minutes or so it's a straight forward story and a pretty good story at that. Then it gets amazing with something I'll never forget. It was so unexpected it was awesome. It changed what I thought of the movie and it made me like it for other reasons. While what happened was great it definitely changed my focus and for me the plot fell apart a little but I did enjoy the ending as well. As soon as you see what happens you'll know what I was talking about.