Renfield bring your own blood

Skybound anuncia que Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, el videojuego inspirado en la muy esperada película de Universal Pictures, ya está disponibleLa Experiencia de Supervivencia de Vampiros Desarrollada por Mega Cat Studios Se lanza Hoy en Acceso Anticipado a través de SteamSkybound Entertainment, la compañía de entretenimiento multiplataforma, en colaboración con Universal Games y Digital Platforms, ha lanzado hoy Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, un videojuego inspirado en la nueva comedia de terror de Universal Pictures, Renfield (en cines el 14 de abril), protagonizada por Nicolas Cage como Drácula y Nicholas Hoult como su sufrido sirviente, Renfield.El argumento de la película Renfield, una producción de Skybound / Giant Wildcat, es del fundador de Skybound, Robert Kirkman, quien también es productor de la película.Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood está siendo desarrollado por el socio de Skybound, Mega Cat Studios, y está disponible a nivel mundial en Acceso Anticipado en Steam para PC a partir de hoy por 4.99 €. Skybound y Mega Cat ofrecerán contenido adicional y actualizaciones después del lanzamiento y durante todo el verano.En el juego, inspirado en los eventos de la película, Drácula asigna a los jugadores un trabajo simple: hacer todo lo que quiere que hagan por el resto de su vida inmortal. Es un trabajo exigente, pero los beneficios son grandes: inmortalidad, poderes místicos y una dieta alta en fibra compuesta en su mayoría de insectos. Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood es una aventura para un jugador que combina la simplicidad del juego de un solo toque con la acción frenética basada en la sala para una nueva experiencia roguelite. Con escenarios únicos, docenas de enemigos, jefes diabólicos y suficientes armas para una revuelta sangrienta impulsadoa por insectos, Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood muestra a los jugadores los altibajos de servir al peor jefe de la historia: Drácula.«Nuestro equipo está encantado de aportar nuestra experiencia en juegos divertidos de estilo retro que están llenos de humor salvaje al increíble mundo de Renfield», dijo James Deighan, fundador de Mega Cat Studios. «Es una oportunidad increíble para nosotros trabajar en esto con Skybound y Universal Games and Digital Platforms».Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood captura el universo cinematográfico de Renfield con una jugabilidad de un solo toque que innova en la receta familiar de roguelite y se inspira en los juegos “Extractor Shooters”. Los controles simples permiten a los jugadores despejar habitaciones llenas de acción frenética, mientras que los objetos ambientales y los coleccionables crearán nuevos momentos de decisión dividida a medida que los jugadores eligen su camino a través de hordas de enemigos. Los jugadores también lidiarán con las constantes e hilarantes demandas de búsqueda de Drácula que son paralelas a la historia de la película.Visita la página

2023 had two movies inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and between the two, Renfield was the less faithful yet more enjoyable movie to watch. The Last Voyage of the Demeter was the other 2023 Dracula movie, an expansion of one chapter from the source novel, "The Captain’s Log," into a two-hour creature-feature film. Because it adheres so closely to the book, it does not add anything new to the genre. Conversely, Renfield is a unique blend of comedy and horror that brings a fresh take to the Dracula cinematic universe. The Renfield cast is led by Nicolas Cage as Dracula and Nicholas Hoult as Robert Montague Renfield, Dracula’s servant. The movie is a loose sequel to Universal’s classic monster movie, Dracula, expanding on the relationship established in the original. The movie explores the dynamic between Dracula and Renfield after 90 years together, until Renfield's action-packed ending. But while the characters are familiar, the irreverent tone is completely unexpected. As a result, Renfield is a great addition to any Halloween movie checklist – much more so than The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Renfield Is The Perfect Blend Of Horror And Comedy Renfield’s Comedy Allows The Horror To Be More Gratuitous Renfield shakes up the staid nature of a straightforward adaptation by leaning into the absurdity of some of the Dracula tropes. Renfield brilliantly merges horror and comedy. Dracula gets his power from human blood, but Renfield gets his powers from consuming insects, a comedic recurring bit featured on screen many times. Renfield realizes his relationship with his master is problematic while at a self-help group for people in codependent relationships. This is a wonderful blend of the story's Gothic roots and the movie's modern setting. Related "Conflicted Character": Nicholas Hoult Details Renfield's Evolution From Dracula's Shadow Nicholas Hoult describes Renfield as a "conflicted character" while detailing the evolution that brought him out from under Dracula's shadow. Contemporizing the setting also helps Renfield stay fresh. As it’s been nearly a century since Renfield lived among the living, there’s a lot of great fish-out-of-water comedy, including a makeover montage. Hoult and Cage are both actors who can handle dramas and comedies, and Renfield requires them to draw from both toolboxes. Cage is in his element, playing Dracula completely straight, which of course makes the exaggerated, Bela Lugosi-inspired performance even funnier. Hoult gets to showcase his action and fight experience from the X-Men movies. Because Renfield has its comedic parts, it can push the violence as well, as the humor undercuts the gruesome action sequences. This version of Renfield has a fraction of Dracula’s power, so the fight choreography is beyond street-level. The comedy does not diminish the horror elements, but broadens the

End of the trailer that viewers get to see what they have been longing for: Nicolas Cage’s entry into the session as Dracula, with his fangs on display uttering the famous phrase, “I am Dracula.” As nothing solid about the story has been revealed yet, the trailer suggests a unique touch to the iconic tale, which infuses horror with comedy. Speaking to Variety in Dec. 2021, Cage said, “What makes it super fun is that it’s a comedy. And when you get that tone right — comedy and horror — like ‘American Werewolf in London,’ it’s a blast.” The trailer confirms a fresh approach to all the Dracula-featured movies of the past. It would narrate the tale from a fresh perspective, where the fan-favorite antagonist is no longer the main guy anymore, but a blood-thirsty, manipulative phantom whose megalomania is contested by his tortured assistant. So, unlike Bram Stoker’s Renfield, who was locked up in a mental asylum and who dined on insects to achieve the promised immortality, the present-day Renfield is ready to take matters into his own hands by challenging and fighting his masters, accompanied by his friends. Along with providing an idea about the plot, the trailer also opens a window to the promising cast ensemble. Of course, the talented trio Nicolas Cage, Nicholas Hoult, and Awkwafina would appear as the key protagonists. Other actors in supporting roles include Ben Schwartz, Adrian Martinez, James Mses Black, Caroline Williams, and Shohreh Aghdashloo, to name a few. We Got This Covered is supported by our audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn a small affiliate commission. Learn more about our Affiliate Policy

Critics on Rotten Tomatoes, Abigail breathes new life back into the vampire subgenre after numerous critically panned or mixed-reviewed entries. Before Abigail arrived in April 2024, the last two big vampire movies were the critical misfires Renfield and The Last Voyage of the Demeter, both of which also flopped at the box office in 2023. Similarly, smaller vampire movies like Night Teeth (2021), Day Shift (2022), and The Invitation (2022) couldn’t achieve critical acclaim. Going back further, Universal’s 2014 movie Dracula Untold failed to impress critics on a greater scale, currently holding an abysmal 25% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Recent Vampire Movies Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score Abigail (2024) 82% 88% The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023) 49% 75% Renfield (2023) 58% 79% El Conde (2023) 82% 63% The Invitation (2022) 30% 59% Day Shift (2022) 56% 76% Night Teeth (2021) 38% 48% Blood Red Sky (2021) 81% 57% What We Do in the Shadows (2014) 96% 87% Vampire Academy (2014) 17% 56% Dracula Untold (2014) 25% 58% For big-budget vampire movies, the last decade has struggled to churn out many critical hits, but Abigail makes future installments in this subgenre more optimistic. Abigail isn’t entirely alone, however, in vampire movies with positive Rotten Tomatoes scores, as Taika Waititi’s 2014 comedy What We Do in the Shadows holds a 96% score, the animated 2018 movie Hotel Transylvania 3 holds a 62% score, 2021’s Blood Red Sky boasts an 81% score, and 2023’s El Conde matches Abigail

The original 1931 Universal Monsters movie Dracula opens with an introduction to Renfield (Dwight Frye) as he travels to Transylvania to solidify business plans with Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi), only to wind up his raving mad servant instead. Director Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War) and writer Ryan Ridley (“Rick and Morty”) seamlessly tie their modern reimagining of the characters to the original Universal classic before skipping ahead to the present day in horror-comedy Renfield. The leap simultaneously establishes the reverence for the horror classics as well as an anemic shorthand in the storytelling.After the impressive introductory sequence that sees Nicholas Hoult and Nicolas Cage composited into the 1931 film to explain their history together, we meet Renfield (Hoult) in the present as a long-suffering henchman to his narcissistic boss, Dracula (Cage). Despite an early attempt by vampire hunters to free Renfield from Dracula’s grip, Renfield remains a miserable yet loyal servant in a constant struggle to source Dracula’s next meal. Renfield tries to absolve his guilt by using meetings at a support group to poach the toxic narcissists in fellow members’ lives to feed his boss while realizing something needs to change. Enter traffic cop Rebecca Quincy (Awkwafina), whose severe grudge against the Lobos, a New Orleans crime syndicate, puts everyone on a violent collision course. It might finally allow Renfield to sever his toxic relationship with Dracula, but he’ll have to survive it all first.Nicolas Cage as Dracula in Renfield, directed by Chris McKay. Photo Credit: Universal PicturesNicholas Hoult effortlessly imbues Renfield with sympathetic guilt and warm humanity. Still, his beleaguered straight man struggles to hold the spotlight against Awkwafina’s firecracker wit or Nicolas Cage’s scene-chewing portrayal of Dracula. As charming as Hoult’s Renfield can be, and the actor can handle whatever physical horror or comedy gag gets tossed his way, the mild-mannered Renfield shrinks to the background when more assertive, bolder characters are on screen. Renfield often becomes overlooked in his own story against Rebecca’s volatile bid to avenge her father or Dracula’s narcissistic quest for domination.Chris McKay’s reverence for horror, the classic Universal Monsters, and these characters extends well beyond the ingenious 1931 callbacks. It’s everywhere, right down to the Basil Gogos inspired color palette. Dracula fanatics will connect Rebecca’s father to another classic literary character or spot the nods to other Universal Monsters. Cage’s Dracula is an amalgam of various character iterations, right down to the London After Midnight-inspired sharp teeth. While a respectable choice, this quickly becomes distracting as Cage struggles to work around them.Photo Credit: Michele K. Short / Universal PicturesThe horror comedy, helmed by a clear horror fan, assumes the audience is just as savvy and operates on shorthand for its rules and

Potential audience for Renfield. There is a long history of comedy-horror cult classic films: Shaun of the Dead, What We Do In The Shadows, and Beetlejuice - and Renfield will hopefully be added to this list in time. Renfield Is A “Quasi-Sequel” To Universal’s 1931 Dracula Movie Renfield Takes Many Adaptive Liberties (And Is Stronger For It) Director Chris McKay has described Renfield as a “quasi-sequel” to Universal’s 1921 Dracula horror classic. The characters of Dracula and Renfield are meant to be the same characters as in the 1931 movie, but now 90 years into their toxic tango. Renfield opens with a black-and-white narrated montage of how Renfield came to be Dracula’s loyal servant that adheres to the events and styles of the 1931 movie. Cage insisted on recreating scenes from the original Dracula movie, adding to the sense of authenticity, Renfield uses the 1931 Dracula movie as a point of inspiration but does not hold the facts or tone sacred, which makes the movie wonderfully memorable. Of course, Renfield is not a direct sequel. Renfield directly retcons Dracula's ending as Renfield is killed by Dracula in the 1931 version. Similarly, the character in the novel consumes bugs as part of a delusion that it would give him powers, and the movie actually gives Renfield powers. This leads to some heightened action sequences where Renfield has supernatural abilities that allow him to leap up flights of stairs in a bound and rip people’s arms off like twigs. Renfield uses the 1931 movie as a point of inspiration but does not hold the facts or tone sacred, which makes the movie a welcome spin on well-known source material. Why Renfield Disappointed At The Box Office (But You Should Watch It Anyway) Renfield Can Still Find Its Place As A Cult Classic Renfield was a box office bomb, grossing less than half of its budget. Due to its blend of genres, Renfield was a difficult movie to market. Renfield’s publicity did not lean into its connection to Dracula, the far better-known figure than the sidekick Renfield. Furthermore, because of its violence, Renfield was rated R, which is historically a box office hurdle. The other 2023 Dracula spinoff movie, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, also grossed just shy of half its budget with an August release. Other factors behind Renfield's performance include the timing of its release. Despite being a vampire horror movie, Renfield was released in April instead of during the lead-up to Halloween. An April release put Renfield in direct competition with The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which grossed over $1 billion, and John Wick: Chapter 4, which would siphon off some action fans. However, while Renfield did not find