hello everyone and welcome back to my channel where I talk about vampires werewolves and other
supernatural creatures I don't talk about new movies very often but a lot of people have asked
me about the new Renfield movie featuring Nicholas Cage and Nicholas Holt so I made this video I've
been a Nick Cage fan for a long time and I also like Nicholas Hall in Fury Road as well as his
role in Warm Bodies a movie about a zombie in a post-apocalyptic world who falls in love with
a human I've seen a lot of people jokingly say that Renfield is his long-awaited return to the
undead Nicholas Hull actually played Nick Cage's son in the 2005 movie weatherman so this isn't
their first film together the cast seems really well put together these actors can do intense
acting but don't take themselves too seriously and I think that's exactly what a vampire movie
like this needs also William Ragsdale who plays the elderly priest in the trailer is known for
playing Charlie Brewster in the Fright Night films before I talk more about Renfield I want to tell
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Renfield is directed by Chris McKay who has also directed the Lego Batman movie The Tomorrow War
some episodes of Robot Chicken and More he doesn't have an extremely long list of feature films under
his belt but there's some really quality ones in there Nicholas Cage actually has been in one
other vampire film Vampires kiss from 1988. the movie is probably better known now for its memes
than the actual film as it didn't receive great reviews from critics something I thought was
kind of crazy is Nicholas Cage's uncle is Francis Ford Coppola you know the guy who directed Bram
Stoker's Dracula the studio actually wanted cage to play Jonathan Harker instead of Keanu Reeves so
Kate was almost in a Dracula movie before I wonder what the 1992 film would have been like with cage
he honestly is a great choice for the role but it was actually his uncle Coppola who didn't want to
work with cage because he apparently hijacked the scenes with his acting choices on a previous film
they'd worked on together called Peggy Sue got married cages wanted to play a few characters
since the beginning of his career Superman Captain Nemo and Dracula cage was even involved in a few
Dracula films that never got made cage is a producer as well as an actor and the first
movie ever produced by cage was shadow of the vampire from the year 2000. the film was received
well and has become a classic in the genre it's a horror drama adapted from Nosferatu cage said that
his love for Christopher Lee is the reason that he makes horror movies so you can see cages had
a long history with Dracula and vampire movies and it's pretty cool that him getting to play
Dracula is the end of a career-long journey for him sorry about the Nick Cage rant but I thought
it was pretty interesting and kind of the end of an era for him getting to finally play Dracula of
course I want to talk about the character Renfield a question a lot of people probably had when they
seen the movie trailer was who is Renfield my boss he's different Renfield is a character that first
appeared in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula he is Dracula's most a loyal servant helping him
in his plan to turn Mina Harker into a vampire in return Dracula provides him with insects to
eat in the promise of immortality Renfield is a patient at an asylum because he suffers from
delusions the doctor diagnosed him as a zoo phages Maniac or carnivorous madman because he eats small
insects and animals to absorb their life force by doing this it will allow him to live forever
in the book Renfield himself says that Dracula would send him the insects that he would consume
flies death's head moth then he started feeding flies to spiders then feeding those spiders to
birds he wanted to feed the birds to a cat but his request was denied so he ate the birds his
thought was that this process would result in him getting more life force Dracula is in fact the
one sending him the insects the original Dracula could control all kinds of animals so he promised
Renfield an endless supply of insects and rats in return for his servitude Renfield actually
has a change of heart and tries to save Mina Harker he even stands toe-to-toe with Dracula
but is thrown to the ground and badly injured lucky for him a van housing shows up just in
time and performs emergency surgery to save him unfortunately after some events Dracula goes back
to Renfield to finish the job when the vampire Hunters find renfield's Body they describe him
having a broken neck plus a bruised and crushed in face Dracula must have been pretty angry but
his most loyal servant betrayed him this is a description of Renfield by the doctor in the 1897
novel RM Renfield age 59 sanguine temperament great physical strength morbidly excitable
periods of Gloom ending in some fixed idea which I cannot make out the doctor said that he has great
physical strength and Renfield himself thinks that he can live forever by eating insects but
it's important to remember that Renfield was never turned into a vampire in some adaptations of the
story renfield's character is expanded upon and his backstory is explored for example in the 1931
film adaptation of Dracula Renfield is portrayed as a real estate agent who travels to the castle
and is Twisted by the count in the 1992 film Bram Stoker's Dracula directed by Francis Ford
Coppola Renfield is portrayed as a lawyer sent by landowners to help Count Dracula in purchasing an
estate in London he actually escapes the castle unlike Harker but no one knows what happened to
him only did he returned completely insane eating bugs and worms and speaking of the master in an
episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer called Buffy vs Dracula Xander is affected by Dracula's spell
which leads him to devouring insects and spiders he also calls Dracula master and obeys his orders
in the 2014 film Dracula Untold there is a character who refers to the count as master
and is the only one who still wants to serve him after it's discovered that he is cursed
I couldn't find a name for this character but I'm guessing that he would have been revealed
to be Renfield you can see that Renfield is a character that's been attached to Dracula at the
hip since his creation and has become a famous character in his own right among vampires he
has appeared in at least a dozen films spanning almost a century from what I could find he has
been depicted in a variety of ways throughout the years but his role as a servant to Count
Dracula and a tragic figure remains consistent his character adds depth to the story of Dracula
come call me the dark one others the Lord of death now let's talk about the trailer for the
actual film the insect eating is in full swing they seem to activate some kind of powers as
his eyes glow after eating a spider Renfield eats the spider right before a confrontation
and shows he still has increased strength like in the original novel but seems quite proficient
at fighting he says Dracula gave him this power and in return He tends to the needs of the count
so this power was given to him by Dracula so it literally could just be an extension of
Dracula's power this probably means that Dracula could also take away this power at any time
foreign why did Renfield start serving the count this time and has he gained long life from eating
insects he does say this modern world is dangerous implying that he isn't from this modern world
it's possible that he could be centuries old he doesn't seem to be a vampire because he can walk
in the Sun and he has no fangs although he might have the strength and Agility of one we don't see
Renfield feed on anyone or show any vampiric qualities other than maybe pale skin he seems
to gather people and blood for Dracula and he can communicate with Renfield telepathically we see
that he's obviously trying to escape Dracula because in his words he wants his life back
but Dracula won't let him go so easily Renfield deludes that Dracula is not at his full power yet
that's why he must continue to bring his master the blood that he needs Dracula communicates with
Renfield telepathically telling him what people he wants to feed on nuns a School Bus full of
kids whatever something must have happened to Dracula that made him lose his power like maybe
being staked or wounded in some way the few brief moments that we do see him he seems to have some
kind of wound on his face or something maybe like he was burned I wonder if this movie will connect
to another Dracula movie or the original novel in any way like a continuation after one of his
defeats the design of Dracula himself looks pretty good I like the gothic theme with the outfit hat
rings and the cane and what about the fangs some people want vampires to have two fangs period And
I understand that but I think that sharp teeth really adds something and he does still have the
two larger traditional fangs there's one shot in the trailer where you can see a person at a
focus who I think is Dracula but in this shot his hand looks different and the same with his
face so he might be capable of taking a more demonic Visage like the Bram Stoker's Dracula
it looks like Dracula is staying safe in some kind of abandoned hospital or Asylum which would be a
Fitting Place for Renfield there's also a group of people with dog-like masks trying to find someone
possibly Renfield but most likely Dracula maybe they have something to do with him not being at
full power but that's just a guess but my bigger question about these guys is are they werewolves
this is a universal movie like the original 1931 Dracula and this film is kind of a result
of the failure of the Dark Universe which was supposed to be Universal's Monster version of
the Marvel Universe most people know by now it failed after the 2017 mummy movie
was a flop which is a shame because a lot of people including me wanted to see the
story of Dracula Untold continue although if the Dark Universe hadn't been stopped
we might have never gotten the Invisible Man from 2020 or this Renfield movie I'm kinda
over connected universes at this point and would rather just get a good Standalone film
in return this seems like a movie that's had a lot of thought and Care put into it and it also has a
great team behind it I have my fingers crossed and I really want to see Nick Cage's portrayal
of Dracula but we'll have to wait a few months to find out how that goes definitely let me know what
you guys think of Renfield are you excited for it scared I wanted to succeed but I won't get my
hopes too high then if it's good I'll be surprised and if not then no big deal if you enjoyed leave
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