Nicholas Hoult and Nicolas Cage star in the mediocre horror-comedy Renfield, a pseudo-sequel to the original 1931 Dracula. After decades of being Dracula’s familiar, Renfield finds the strength to break free of his co-dependency to Dracula and begins to use his vampire powers for good. The plot doesn’t make a lot of sense and the tone is all over the place. Also, the gore is really excessive; comedically so at times. And actually, a lot of the jokes work; but they feel out of place with Dracula slaughtering people and drug lords making power plays. Yet for all its faults, Renfield is entertaining and presents an interesting new vision of this classic monster.
Shout by Dann MichalskiBlockedParent2023-10-31T03:00:06Z
Nicholas Hoult and Nicolas Cage star in the mediocre horror-comedy Renfield, a pseudo-sequel to the original 1931 Dracula. After decades of being Dracula’s familiar, Renfield finds the strength to break free of his co-dependency to Dracula and begins to use his vampire powers for good. The plot doesn’t make a lot of sense and the tone is all over the place. Also, the gore is really excessive; comedically so at times. And actually, a lot of the jokes work; but they feel out of place with Dracula slaughtering people and drug lords making power plays. Yet for all its faults, Renfield is entertaining and presents an interesting new vision of this classic monster.