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renfield (2023)

Dracula's henchman and inmate at the lunatic asylum.

Renfield
Renfield
R
Horror
Comedy
Fantasy

Release Date
April 14, 2023
Director
Chris McKay
Main Genre
Horror
Studio
Skybound Entertainment, Universal Pictures
Writers
Robert Kirkman , Ryan Ridley

Summary

R.M. Renfield (Nicholas Hoult) decides to leave his centuries-long line of work as a henchman and familiar to Count Dracula (Nicolas Cage) and finds a new lease on life in modern day New Orleans when he falls in love with a feisty but perennially aggressive traffic cop named Rebecca Quincy (Awkwafina).

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