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Renfield: Draclight, Dratekeep, Dracboss (2023)

 

What a surprisingly amazing time I had at the bloody cinema! (Do you get it? Bloody? Because he's a vampire. I'm a genius.) Renfield was a film that I thought would be just okay, but I was pleasantly surprised by just how much I liked this. I mean, look it's not going to change the world but it's a fun time, you'll laugh a lot, and weirdly have a few moments of feels here and there.

The story is pretty simple, Dracula's familiar, Renfield, is being gaslit, gatekeeper and girlbossed by Dracula, after saving Dracula from death yet again, Renfield finds himself in an opportunity to potentially escape this abusive relationship.

Nicholas Cage is playing Dracula, and as per always is absolutely going HAM as Dracula. He's giving it everything and just having a whale of a time. I love it. Nicholas Holt plays Renfield, and he's also just great, the two Nicks have great chemistry and any scene with the two of them together is massively gripping. Dracula feels completely unhinged and like he might kill anyone at any time, he's genuinely unsettling but also kinda funny? It's bizarre.

There's an amazing seen when Renfield is in his own flat that's so funny but also suspensful, I think back to that a lot and can't wait to watch that bit again. Genius stuff.

It's full of gore but it's not overly gross or anything, I mean if you're squeamish sit this one out but it's not too bad, you'll be alright, hold my hand if you need.

The whole abusive relationship metaphor breaks down a bit at the end but I can forgive that, it doesn't take itself overly seriously and the message is clear, murder your abusive ex in cold blood if you can.

Akwafina is in this movie, she's... Fine. I guess. I think Akwafina is just not an actress for me, I don't get the line delivery, the sense of humour, I dunno, she doesn't work for me. I didn't like her in Raya, or Shang-Chi, or this. Sorry.

Renfield was great, 8/10, stick it on if you want a laugh.

BLOODY SPOILERS FOR DRACULA BECAUSE HE LIKES BLOOD I DID THIS JOKE AGAIN

So yeah they absolutely murder Dracula to death at the end. That was pretty wild. Like they absolutely rip this man to shreds and take absolute delight in doing so. Madness.

I guess it does raise the question I joked about earlier, which is if you take this movies lessons to heart, then you'll kill your narcissist partner. Not sure that's what they wanted me to take out this movie, but that's what I did. I mean the lesson could be if you're a horrible, abusive, narcissistic monster, don't be that, or you'll get got. But if you're that type of person is the movie Renfield really going to change you? Hmm, that seems unlikely.

Why am I thinking so deeply about a silly vampire movie? I do not know. Also the scene where Dracula absolutely feasts on his abusive partner recovery group is so brutal I loved it, genuinely gut punching moment.

If I was a vampire I'd use my eternal life to be a messed up superhero, only feast on bad pelple kind of like Light from Death Note, but with more sippies of blood.

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