{"id":1342108,"date":"2023-04-14T13:15:20","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T12:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publish.entertainment-focus.com\/?p=1342108"},"modified":"2023-04-14T13:15:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T12:15:22","slug":"renfield-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2023\/04\/14\/renfield-review\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Renfield’ review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vampire movies and TV shows have always held a special place at the dark heart of mass entertainment. Of late, Hollywood has earnestly run with the teen-angst angle of vampires with the likes of Twilight and The Vampire Diaries taking centre stage. Fresh takes and new ideas utilising the prince of darkness are commonplace, and now this movie comes along with a hilarious dark comedy focusing on the historic struggles of Dracula\u2019s faithful old servant Renfield. The end result is a macabre mash-up of genres that results in copious amounts of blood, in a light but nevertheless entertaining romp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fed up with his life-sentence of servitude, Renfield (Nicholas Hoult) ends up getting a fresh outlook on life after inadvertently saving some people from imminent death. However, any plans he has to escape from his current situation won\u2019t go down too well with his master \u2013 Dracula (Nicolas Cage). Throw in a warring criminal gang looking to recoup some stolen drugs led by the hapless Tedward Lobo (Ben Schwartz), and Rebecca (Awkwafina), a determined cop looking for justice, and you have a bloody collision course all set – with Dracula at the centre of it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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