Director: | John V. Knowles |
Producer: | Lotti Pharriss Knowles |
Starring: | Allison Scagliotti Francia Raisa Eddy Rioseco Greer Grammer Amy Okuda Louise Griffiths |
Music: | Voodoo Highway |
Cinematography: | Justin Thomas Ostensen |
Editing: | Phillip J. Bartell |
Studio: | Weirdsmobile Productions |
Distributor: | Grand Entertainment Group Gravitas Ventures |
Runtime: | 93 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Chastity Bites is a 2013 comedy-horror film written by Lotti Pharriss Knowles and directed by John V. Knowles.
A feminist blogger and reporter for a school newspaper tries to stop Countess Elizabeth Báthory, who poses as an abstinence counselor in a high school, from killing the school's virgins to stay young and beautiful.
Director Stuart Gordon appears in a cameo.
Chastity Bites premiered on June 1, 2013, at the Dances With Films film festival. It was released on video on demand on November 1, 2013,[1] and on DVD on February 11, 2014.[2]
Scott Hallam of Dread Central rated it 2/5 stars and wrote that despite "some fun moments", the film fails to live up to its potential.[3] Patrick Cooper of Bloody Disgusting rated it 3/5 stars and called it "a solid horror-comedy" that comes across as a TV show episode.[4] Elias Savada of Film Threat rated it 3/5 stars and called it a "delightfully cheesy horror comedy".[5] Gordon Sullivan of DVD Verdict called it a feminist film that favors comedy over horror.[6]