If you are just here for Nicolas Cage doing his Full Nicolas Cage Thing … sure. Sure, have at it. But if you were hoping to maybe enjoy much else about Renfield, the odds of that happening seem ever less in your favor. The final trailer for the film is, somehow, exponentially less charming than the first, and relies far too heavily on Cage just being so! extremely! zany!
But maybe Nicholas Hoult’s many put-upon expressions can save this movie?
Renfield is a Dracula movie that focuses on the count’s poor abused henchman, Renfield (Hoult), who has been serving his master for decades and maybe, just maybe, needs to get a new gig. As the trailer description has it, “It’s the real f*cking Dracula and he’s one sucky boss🧛🏼♂️!”
Sucky! Get it? Because he’s a vampire???
In case the obvious was not quite obvious enough, this trailer is set to Radiohead’s “Creep.”
Renfield also stars Awkwafina and Shohreh Aghdashloo, both of whom deserve better. It comes from director Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War) and—I feel like this part is important—is based on a “screen story” by Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman. (Ryan Ridley gets screenplay credit.)
Renfield is in theaters April 14th.
