So I’m going to be completely honest with you all, this isn’t an amazing movie, yet it is very entertaining and it believes in what it’s doing. Renfield takes the Dracula story and puts the focus on his familiar/servant Renfield as in the modern times, is no longer enjoying his servant life under the abusive Count Dracula. Renfield longs for a life among the living and no longer brings people to their slaughter to his vampiric master.
Nicholas Hoult plays the title character while Nick Cage plays Dracula with such joy that it’s one of the main reasons to see this film. Awkwafina plays Rebecca Quincy, a police officer who gets drawn into this because she’s trying to take down a crime family in New Orleans.
The story and script are uneven, especially with the police stuff, but the fight scenes are done very well, and the blood and gore are so over the top that it reminds me of Nickelodeon slime more than blood. For me, this movie was fun and felt like a high-budget TROMA film, and it knew it and doubled down. It’s just an honest fun movie, yet it’s also one that might be best waiting until streaming in the future.
Originally posted on the Geek Girl Riot podcast on idobi.com
