Renfield (2023)
Nicolas Cage’s Dracula, seen by his exhausted assistant.
Renfield has been serving Dracula for a very long time. Make it a story about leaving a bad boss.
You want something funny and gory tonight, from the point of view of the man who has to work for Dracula.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: Renfield, the insect-eating, and Dracula’s need for a human servant.
Changes: the setting to the present day and the genre to bloody action comedy.
Whose story is it?
Renfield’s, finally.
How much time does it ask?
1 hr 34 min, Chris McKay directing; Nicholas Hoult as Renfield.
Universal, rated R; the Blu-ray is the “Dracula Sucks Edition”.
Where to find it
“Dracula Sucks Edition” Blu-ray + DVD — Amazon
Other ways to get it: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment · Find where it’s streaming — JustWatch
More Draculas: Nosferatu (1922) · Dracula (1931) · Dracula (1958), or Horror of Dracula