Michael Heit Movies

Based around footage from his 1972 film Parades, this anti-war drama from Robert J. Siegel is an account of a Vietnam War deserter who joins his fellow prison inmates in a sit-down strike at a military stockade in California. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi

George Hamilton confounded his detractors by turning in a first-rate comic performance in Love at First Bite. Hamilton plays Count Dracula, who is evicted from his Transylvanian domicile when the Communist government decides to nationalize his castle. With faithful toady Renfield (Arte Johnson) at his side, Dracula heads for the Big Apple, where he finds the vampire pickings radically different from those on his home turf: for example, ol' Drac suffers the mother of all hangovers when his sinks his fangs into the neck of a wino. Klutzy Cindy Sondheim (Susan Saint James) falls in love with Dracula, not fully aware of his colorful background. But Cindy's stuffy fiance Dr. Jeff Rosenberg (Richard Benjamin), a descendant of Dracula's perennial foe Professor Van Helsing, knows what Dracula's up to and does his best to thwart the vampire's plan. This proves very difficult, since such time-honored remedies as the stake through the heart are frowned upon by the New York City authorities. So successful was Love at First Bite that Hamilton was encouraged to have a satiric go at another literary icon in 1982's Zorro, the Gay Blade. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

This lively musical comedy pays tribute to the birth of rock & roll in the late 1950s and the instrumental role played by disc jockey Alan Freed who helped bring the new sound into vogue. Much of the story centers on the daring deejay's attempts to put on the very first live rock & roll stage show at the Paramount Theatre in Brooklyn. To do this he must overcome the protests of concerned and angry parents, conservatives, and local police. Several performers of the era appear in the film including Chuck Berry, and Jerry Lee Lewis. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

This softcore porn sex comedy follows the exploits of greasy spoon waitress Alice Goodbody (Sharon Kelly) as she attempts to sleep her way to stardom in an encounter with the cast and crew of a rock-musical production of Julius Caesar. Every one of the individuals she encounters has some outstanding characteristic, such as germ-phobia, or neo-Nazism. Many of the characters' names indicate their roles, i.e., Myron Mittelman (Daniel Kauffman) as an agent, etc. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

After a decade's absense, an affable gent named Hamilton (Ed Nelson) returns to his home town. The locals welcome him effusively, never suspecting that Hamilton is a professional thief--and that he is currently being sought after by the FBI. Inevitably, Hamilton's past catches up to him in a particularly violent fashion. Featured in the cast is Susan Oliver, best remembered as the "Green Girl" in the closing credits of Star Trek, and ubiqutious cartoon voiceover artist Michael Bell. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi