RENFIELD Director Says the Movie Is a Direct Sequel to the 1931 Film DRACULA

Renfield director Chris McKay has shared a very interesting little detail about his upcoming horror comedy Renfield, which stars Nicolas Cage as Dracula. He revealed that the movie is a “direct sequel” to Tod Browning's 1931 film Dracula! He even tried to convince the marketing team to advertise the movie as a sequel, but for some reason, they opted not to do that.

McKay dropped this fun bit of news during an interview with Collider saying:

"I guess you could argue Dracula's Daughter is a sequel because the opening scene is the aftermath of the Tod Browning movie, but Bela Lugosi's not in it, it's a whole different set of characters. It's a great movie, it's wild if you haven't seen it. But to me, this is the only real direct sequel with the Dracula and the Renfield of that movie. 

"So yeah, I wish they'd use that in the marketing. I think that would've been a funny way of positioning this movie. The longest time between the original movie and the sequel, beating Psycho or whatever."

I think it’s pretty funny that McKay made this movie to be a direct sequel to Dracula! Knowing this will add an incredibly fun element to the story as I watch it play out. The disappointing thing is, most audiences won’t even realize this is the case because most people don’t see this kind of info on the internet.

The movie also stars Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road, X-Men franchise) as Dracula’s loyal servant, Renfield. Here’s the synopsis for the film and I also included an new promo spot:

Evil doesn’t span eternity without a little help.

In this modern monster tale of Dracula’s loyal servant, Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road, X-Men franchise) stars as Renfield, the tortured aide to history’s most narcissistic boss, Dracula (Oscar® winner Nicolas Cage). Renfield is forced to procure his master’s prey and do his every bidding, no matter how debased. But now, after centuries of servitude, Renfield is ready to see if there’s a life outside the shadow of The Prince of Darkness. If only he can figure out how to end his codependency.

The film also stars Awkwafina (The Farewell, Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings), Ben Schwartz (Sonic, The Afterparty), and Adrian Martinez (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Focus).

Renfield hits theaters on April 14th, 2023.