Ever since I saw the trailer for Renfield, I was super excited for it. I even watched Vampire's Kiss to get ready. After seeing the movie, it definitely lived up to my expectations. It was such a fun bloody blast! Filled with action, bloody gore, comedy, horror, and even nods to early classic Dracula movies. Nicholas Cage was great and over-the-top as Dracula. You can tell he was having a blast playing the character because it's been a childhood dream of his to play. I've seen a few people complain that Dracula didn't have much screentime in this movie, but it is Renfield's movie and personally, I thought Dracula had a very decent amount of screentime. At no point was I ever bored and never thought to myself "Ugh this is boring, where's Dracula?" (Actually, it seemed like Dracula had more screentime here than Michael Myers did in Halloween Ends) I was very invested in the characters. This review might contain some spoilers!
In the early days, R. M. Renfield travels to Dracula's castle in hopes to broker a deal for some land, but ends up becoming Dracula's familiar. He must help hide him during the day, cater to his every whim, and bring him innocent victims to snack on. In return for that, Dracula allows Renfield to eat bugs. Bugs somehow give him vampiric superhuman abilities.
90 years later in present day, Renfield has had enough of Dracula, and tries to break free of him. He goes to a self-help group, and buys his own place. One night at a restaurant, Renfield reluctantly gets entangled with the Lobo mafia family and police officer Rebecca Quincy. Renfield and Quincy start developing a friendship, meanwhile, Dracula becomes enraged with Renfield and sides with the Lobo family in trying to kill him. Renfield needs every bug, crucifix, gun, and holy water in order to not only take down the mafia, but Dracula himself.
Like I said, this movie was an absolute blast and I look forward to adding it to my horror collection and watching it many times in the future. I hope it becomes a cult classic! I would highly recommend RENFIELD!!!
In the early days, R. M. Renfield travels to Dracula's castle in hopes to broker a deal for some land, but ends up becoming Dracula's familiar. He must help hide him during the day, cater to his every whim, and bring him innocent victims to snack on. In return for that, Dracula allows Renfield to eat bugs. Bugs somehow give him vampiric superhuman abilities.
90 years later in present day, Renfield has had enough of Dracula, and tries to break free of him. He goes to a self-help group, and buys his own place. One night at a restaurant, Renfield reluctantly gets entangled with the Lobo mafia family and police officer Rebecca Quincy. Renfield and Quincy start developing a friendship, meanwhile, Dracula becomes enraged with Renfield and sides with the Lobo family in trying to kill him. Renfield needs every bug, crucifix, gun, and holy water in order to not only take down the mafia, but Dracula himself.
Like I said, this movie was an absolute blast and I look forward to adding it to my horror collection and watching it many times in the future. I hope it becomes a cult classic! I would highly recommend RENFIELD!!!
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