Dracula is a character with a huge cultural legacy, with actors from Bela Lugosi to Christopher Lee to Gary Oldman – and now Nicolas Cage in Renfield – taking on the role. The same, however, can't be ...

Dwight Frye is hardly a household name, but the character actor left his mark on Universal horror movies of the 1930s, including his portrayal of Dracula’s maniacal henchman in the Bela Legosi classic ...

The new vampire comedy stars Nicolas Cage as Dracula and Nicholas Hoult as his servant. It's an update to the Renfield character, and an homage to the way he's been played in the past. Every good ...

(from left) Renfield (Nicholas Hoult) and Dracula (Nicolas Cage) in Renfield, directed by Chris McKay. Courtesy of Universal The horror comedy RENFIELD gives the Dracula story gets a modern twist by ...

“He’s a monster. He’s a … monster — that’s what he is.” This line from the opening moments of “Renfield” — an action comedy that sees Dracula’s assistant, R.M. Renfield, attempting to break away from ...

Renfield is pretty much exactly what it presents itself as in the marketing, for good and for ill, and while it is amusing, it doesn't take the time to really dig into the interesting concepts and ...

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Nicolas Cage is no stranger to the vampire movie. In the 1988 pitch-black comedy Vampire’s Kiss, he plays a man who believes he’s becoming a vampire. But, it may just be all in his head. Regardless, ...

Dwight Frye is hardly a household name, but the character actor left his mark on Universal horror movies of the 1930s, including his portrayal of Dracula's maniacal henchman in the Bela Legosi classic ...

Every good villain needs an assistant - right? - somebody to carry out their evil plans. One of the biggest, baddest villains of all time, Bram Stoker's Dracula, has got Renfield, a sniveling wretch ...

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