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Renfield (2023)

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Renfield
Credits
Title: Renfield
Directed by: Chris McKay
Written by: Ryan Ridley; Robert Kirkman
Produced by: Robert Kirkman; David Alpert; Samantha Nisenboim; Todd Lewis; Chris McKay; Sean Furst; Bryan Furst
Music by: Marco Beltrami
Cinematography: Mitchell Amundsen
Edited by: Mako Kamitsuna; Ryan Folsey; Giancarlo Ganziano
Production
Production: Universal Pictures
Skybound Entertainment
Released: April 14th, 2023
Rating: R
Running time: 93 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
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Renfield is an American feature film of the comedy and vampire fiction genres. It was directed by Chris McKay with a screenplay written by Ryan Ridley based on an original idea by Robert Kirkman. It was produced by Universal Pictures and Kirkman's Skybound Entertainment. It was first screened at the Overlook Film Festival in the United States on March 30th, 2023. It opened to wide theatrical release in the U.S. on Friday, April 14th, 2023. The film stars Nicholas Hoult as the eponymous R.M. Renfield with Nicolas Cage as the vampire count known as Dracula, and Awkwafina as love interest Rebecca.

Cast[]

Actor Role
Nicholas Hoult R.M. Renfield
Nicolas Cage Dracula
Awkwafina Rebecca Quincy
Ben Schwartz Tedward Lobo
Shohreh Aghdashloo Bellafrancesca Lobo
Brandon Scott Jones Mark
Adrian Martinez Chris
Camille Chen Kate
Bess Rous Caitlyn
Jenna Kanell Carol
Danya LaBelle Karla
Rhonda Johnson Dents Sharon
Christopher Matthew Cook Bob
Michael P. Sullivan Weird Kevin
Rosha Washington Trevante
James Moses Black Captain Browning
T.C. Matherne Kyle
Caroline Williams Vanessa
Marcus Lewis Apache Joe
Derek Russo Brice
Marvin Ross Sal
G-Rod Ronnie
Dave Davis Mitch
Keith Brooks Doug
Joshua Mikel Phil
Chloe Adona Mandy
Stephen Louis Grush Cliff
Christopher Winchester Jones
John Cihangir Jeffrey
Brian Egland IT guy
Christopher Clarke Creepy teenage kid
Lena Clark Annoyed customer
Brianna Quinn Lewis Rainn
Lacey Dover Blonde cheerleader
Shelby Bradley Cheerleader
Stefany Almendinger Nun
Krystal Tomlin Ant kid's mom
Camden McKinnon Ant kid
William Ragsdale Older priest
Miles Doleac Vampire hunter
Lucy Faust Dracula victim
Mike Harkins Sad man
Oren Michaeli Street tough
Betsy Borrego Nervous woman
Sarah Durn Terrified customer
Anil Bajaj Nervous man
Susan McPhail Chaperone

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Dracula was created by Irish author Bram Stoker. He is the titular antagonist of Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula, which was inspired by an actual Wallachian nobleman known as Vlad II, aka Vlad the Impaler. The character has since been imagined as a powerful vampire count in various forms of media and has been played by many notable actors such as Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, Frank Langella, Gary Oldman, and even Leslie Nielsen.
  • The tagline to this film is "Stop serving. Start living". Another tagline is "Sucks to be him".
  • One of the shooting locations for Renfield was New Orleans, Louisiana. Often referred to as the "vampire mecca of the world", New Orleans became synonymous with vampires following the popularity of Anne Rice's 1976 novel Interview with the Vampire.
  • One day prior to its nationwide release, Renfield was screened on Day 1 of the Panic Fest film festival in Kansas City, Missouri.
  • On Metacritic, Renfield has a Metascore of 57 out of 100 based on twenty-five posted critic reviews, indicating mixed or average opinions. It has thirteen positive reviews, two negative reviews and ten mixed reviews.
  • On the movie review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Renfield has a 59% Tomatometer rating based on ninety-eight approved critic reviews as of April 13th, 2023. It has fifty-eight positive reviews and forty negative reviews, averaging 6.00 out of 10.
  • Actor Gabriel Rodriguez is credited as "G-Rod" in this film.
  • This is the first work in the horror genre for director Chris McKay.
  • Screenwriter Ryan Ridley has also written two episodes of the paranormal investigation comedy series Ghosted in 2017 and 2018.
  • Story developer and executive producer Robert Kirkman is best known for creating The Walking Dead comic book series for Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment, as well as the television adaptation on AMC.
  • Actor Nicholas Hoult is also known for playing the role of teen-zombie R in the 2013 zombie romcom Warm Bodies.
  • Actor William Ragsdale is no stranger to vampire fiction. He once battled a smooth operator named Jerry Dandridge as teenager Charley Brewster in the 1985 vampire comedy Fright Night.

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