Cage plays Dracula and Hoult the titular long-suffering servant in Chris McKay's New Orleans-set film co-starring Awkwafina.
Nicolas Cage Dismisses Reports He Went Method as Dracula on 'Renfield' Set: "I Had a Lot of Laughs in Between Takes"
The film, stemming from Universal’s understandable continuing attempts to capitalize on its classic monsters IP, certainly starts out promisingly. Renfield, played by Nicholas Hoult, provides background information about his relationship with the vampire in his life, illustrating his narration with nothing less than scenes from the 1931 classic Tod Browning film. Cage and Hoult are digitally inserted into the footage, replacing Bela Lugosi and the great Dwight Frye, and it’s a total kick.
And then Renfield shows up at the support group, headed by the friendly, welcoming Mark , only to find that his problems with Nosferatu aren’t exactly on the same level as the other members suffering standard toxic relationship issues. So far, so good.turns into, of all things, a generic crime drama.
Ryan Ridley’s convoluted screenplay proves less than engaging as Renfield and Rebecca wind up becoming unlikely partners after he saves her life when the Lobos’ heavily armed henchmen storm a bar where she’s looking for suspects. The reason Renfield is able to nearly single-handedly decimate the gang is because he gains super powers after ingesting insects, a nod to the original character that here has been pumped up on steroids.
The result is a seemingly endless number of graphically violent encounters in which the physically unprepossessing Renfield manages to dismember his opponents at will, their various body parts, organs and limbs exploding in bloody CGI messes. Director Chris McKay (
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