Genre: Horror, Comedy, Fantasy
Directed by Chris McKay
Screenplay by Ryan Ridley
Produced by Robert Kirkman, David Alpert, Bryan Furst, Sean Furst, Chris McKay
Story by Robert Kirkman
Based on Characters by Bram Stoker
Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz, Adrian Martinez, Shohreh Aghdashloo & Nicolas Cage.
Cinematography: Mitchell Amundsen
Edited by Ryan Folsey, Giancarlo Ganziano, Zene Baker
Music by Marco Beltrami
Production Companies: Skybound Entertainment, Giant Wildcat
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
The plot: Renfield, the tortured aide to his narcissistic boss, Dracula, is forced to procure his master’s prey and do his every bidding. However, after centuries of servitude, he’s ready to see if there’s a life outside the shadow of the Prince of Darkness.
This Movie was great.
Pros: Nicolas Cage was such a delight and totally unhinged as Dracula. The gore and violence is full on and it is action packed all the way through. I like this film being more of a Renfield character driven tale, and only featuring Dracula. I enjoyed the humour that this film has.
Cons: The crime family plotline didn’t work for me that much and I didn’t like the Ben Schwartz character.
The Casts:
- Nicholas Hoult as Renfield, the long-suffering servant of Dracula.
- Awkwafina as Rebecca Quincy, an aggressive traffic cop working for the New Orleans Police Department and Renfield’s love interest.
- Ben Schwartz as Teddy, a mob enforcer and Bellafrancesca’s son
- Adrian Martinez as Chris, a traffic cop and Rebecca’s co-worker.
- Shohreh Aghdashloo as Bellafrancesca, a matriarch mob boss and Teddy’s mother.
- Nicolas Cage as Dracula, a legendary Transylvanian vampire and Renfield’s ill-tempered and narcissistic boss.
- Brandon Scott Jones as Mark, a support group leader
- Jenna Kanell as Carol, a support group member
- Bess Rous as Caitlyn, a support group member
- Camille Chen as Kate, a police officer and Rebecca’s sister.
- James Moses Black as Captain Browning
- Caroline Williams as Vanessa
Additionally, Helen Chandler and Edward Van Sloan respectively appear as Mina Seward and Van Helsing via archive footage from Dracula (1931).
I highly recommend watching this film to those who are fans of Nicolas Cage and Nicholas Hoult.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Café