Renfield is an upcoming comedy horror movie directed by Chris McKay, starring Nicholas Hoult, Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz and Nicolas Cage. The screenplay is written by Ryan Ridely, and it is based on a story by Robert Kirkman.
The film is scheduled to be released on April 14th, 2023.
Little is known about this movie as it is still in production. We do know it is a comedy horror film that extracts one of the ancillary characters in Bram Stoker‘s 1987 Gothic horror novel ‘Dracula’. Yes, Renfield is the Count’s worshiping and deranged servant. In Stoker’s novel Renfield is sent to an asylum and treated by Dr. John Seward, who describes him thusly:
“R. M. Renfield, aetat 59. Sanguine temperament, great physical strength, morbidly excitable, periods of gloom, ending in some fixed idea which I cannot make out. I presume that the sanguine temperament itself and the disturbing influence end in a mentally-accomplished finish, a possibly dangerous man, probably dangerous if unselfish. In selfish men, caution is as secure an armour for their foes as for themselves. What I think of on this point is, when self is the fixed point the centripetal force is balanced with the centrifugal. When duty, a cause, etc., is the fixed point, the latter force is paramount, and only accident or a series of accidents can balance it.“
Well, now that we know that much of this fictional character, it will be interesting to see how he is portrayed in this comedy horror movie placing him in the protagonist’s seat. In earlier movies, Renfield has been played by great actors, among them were Klaus Kinski and Peter MacNicol, though, he was still relegated to being a secondary character. Although the character has taken center stage in various literary works, it has not yet in film. It seems that in this new feature he has had it with living in the Count’s shadow and will wander off in search of his own adventures.
Premise
Renfield has grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula’s lackey. The henchman finds a new lease on life — and maybe even redemption — when he falls for feisty, perennially angry traffic cop Rebecca Quincy.
Cast
 Nicholas Hoult / R.M. Renfield |  Nicolas Cage / Count Dracula |  Awkwafina / Rebecca Quincy |
 Ben Schwartz |  Jenna Kanell |  Adrian Martinez / Chris |
 James Moses Black |  Shohreh Aghdashloo / Ella |
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