When is renfield coming out

2023 had two movies inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and between the two, Renfield was the less faithful yet more enjoyable movie to watch. The Last Voyage of the Demeter was the other 2023 Dracula movie, an expansion of one chapter from the source novel, "The Captain’s Log," into a two-hour creature-feature film. Because it adheres so closely to the book, it does not add anything new to the genre. Conversely, Renfield is a unique blend of comedy and horror that brings a fresh take to the Dracula cinematic universe. The Renfield cast is led by Nicolas Cage as Dracula and Nicholas Hoult as Robert Montague Renfield, Dracula’s servant. The movie is a loose sequel to Universal’s classic monster movie, Dracula, expanding on the relationship established in the original. The movie explores the dynamic between Dracula and Renfield after 90 years together, until Renfield's action-packed ending. But while the characters are familiar, the irreverent tone is completely unexpected. As a result, Renfield is a great addition to any Halloween movie checklist – much more so than The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Renfield Is The Perfect Blend Of Horror And Comedy Renfield’s Comedy Allows The Horror To Be More Gratuitous Renfield shakes up the staid nature of a straightforward adaptation by leaning into the absurdity of some of the Dracula tropes. Renfield brilliantly merges horror and comedy. Dracula gets his power from human blood, but Renfield gets his powers from consuming insects, a comedic recurring bit featured on screen many times. Renfield realizes his relationship with his master is problematic while at a self-help group for people in codependent relationships. This is a wonderful blend of the story's Gothic roots and the movie's modern setting. Related "Conflicted Character": Nicholas Hoult Details Renfield's Evolution From Dracula's Shadow Nicholas Hoult describes Renfield as a "conflicted character" while detailing the evolution that brought him out from under Dracula's shadow. Contemporizing the setting also helps Renfield stay fresh. As it’s been nearly a century since Renfield lived among the living, there’s a lot of great fish-out-of-water comedy, including a makeover montage. Hoult and Cage are both actors who can handle dramas and comedies, and Renfield requires them to draw from both toolboxes. Cage is in his element, playing Dracula completely straight, which of course makes the exaggerated, Bela Lugosi-inspired performance even funnier. Hoult gets to showcase his action and fight experience from the X-Men movies. Because Renfield has its comedic parts, it can push the violence as well, as the humor undercuts the gruesome action sequences. This version of Renfield has a fraction of Dracula’s power, so the fight choreography is beyond street-level. The comedy does not diminish the horror elements, but broadens the

Fans are used to watching Nicolas Cage in spooky, eccentric roles. Of the many such characters, his role as the mentally deranged literary agent Peter Loew in the 1988 film Vampire’s Kiss stands out as one of his most outstanding performances of all time. Cage played a literary agent who, after getting bitten by a vampire, turns into a bloodthirsty creature yearning for death. The viewers who are craving to see Cage in a similar role would not have to wait much longer as the Vampire’s Kiss star is set to appear in the upcoming movie Renfield, where he would take on the role of the Transylvanian count Dracula. Only this time, he won’t be cast as the key protagonist, but rather as the narcissistic boss of his tortured and manipulated assistant, Renfield. The very name ‘Dracula’ is reminiscent of Francis Ford Cappola’s 1992 film Bram Stoker’s Dracula, starring Gary Oldman as Dracula and Winona Ryder as the key female protagonist, Mina. The movie introduces Renfield in the film’s initial sequence as a patient in a mental asylum who feeds on insects to satiate his bloodlust in the hope of acquiring immortality. In the original novel in 1897, he is described as Dracula’s loyal servant who was promised immortality by his master and which the latter used to manipulate him. The upcoming film would see Renfield as the protagonist navigating his relationship with Dracula. Helmed by Chris McKay and written by Ryan Ridley — based on the story of The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman — the movie is creating quite a lot of buzz and curiosity amongst the eager audience. This was heightened with the release of the movie’s official trailer, which provides a broader idea of the storyline. Let’s get to know more about it. Details about Renfield: Release date, trailer, and cast The movie is scheduled to release on April 14, 2022, in theaters. It would feature Mad Max: Fury Road star Nicholas Hoult as titular Renfield alongside Cage as Dracula. The trailer gives us a glimpse of the misadventures of the Count’s minion and his manner of handling the toxic power dynamic. It confirms that the movie is set in the present day and showcases his attempts to get out of the clutch of his evil master. A major part of the trailer shows Renfield probably trying to free himself from the manipulations of Dracula. This is substantiated by the very beginning scene of the trailer, when we see Hoult’s character banging the door open to what seems like a therapy session and saying, “Sorry to interrupt…. I need to get out of a toxic relationship.” Then, it advances to show the hierarchical relation between Dracula and Renfield, with the latter dragging human bodies to feed his master, thereby highlighting his subordination. After getting out of Dracula’s shadow, he encounters modern-day New Orleans and falls for the local cop Rebecca Quincy (Awkwafina), sharing with her the details of his past life. It is not until the

Nicolas Cage and Nicholas Hoult in Renfield. Before I go off a bit on Renfield, let me state something up front: Nicolas Cage in this film is, unquestionably, one of the funniest, scariest and most eccentric Draculas in cinema history. If you are a Cage fan, there are things he does—little, brilliantly funny moments—that make Renfield worth seeing, if only for those.Now that we have that out of the way, it must be stated that, overall, the movie is a failure—an opportunity for a classically fun horror venture destroyed by some brutal narrative mistakes. Those mistakes result in too many minutes being a complete drag. It’s a real letdown.Nicholas Hoult plays the title character, Dracula’s manservant who has been hanging out with him for many decades. The film cleverly places Hoult and Cage in black-and-white flashbacks with the vibe of the 1931 Bela Lugosi take on the character. Great touch.Things start promisingly enough, but the main gag of Renfield being depressed and codependent quickly becomes tiresome, and a subplot involving a crime syndicate in New Orleans is a supreme dud thanks, in part, to lousy casting of the villains.Cage, meanwhile, shows up here and there—at first in varying well-done states of decay—and puts his nutty spin on Nosferatu. There are moments—including him introducing himself to Renfield’s support group in a way that’s almost bashful at times—that are laugh-out-loud funny. There are also moments where Cage is genuinely scary.But then the movie reverts back to Renfield being all depressed and gloomy; he only really comes to life when he eats the occasional bug to become a super-fighter—in super-violent and gory sequences, with a video-game feel, that clash with the Cage material. It’s disjointed and disorientating, and it ultimately takes the film down a few notches.They should’ve just called the movie Dracula