{"id":18327,"date":"2023-04-11T14:33:35","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T12:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=18327"},"modified":"2023-04-11T14:33:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T12:33:40","slug":"renfield-opens-in-cinemas-friday-14-april-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2023\/04\/11\/renfield-opens-in-cinemas-friday-14-april-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Renfield  Opens In  Cinemas Friday, 14 April 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/renfield-banner.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/renfield-banner.png?resize=450%2C162&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/renfield-banner.png?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/renfield-banner.png?resize=300%2C108&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In this modern monster tale of Dracula\u2019s loyal servant, Emmy nominee Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road, X-Men franchise) stars as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/title\/2407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Renfield<\/a>, the tortured aide to history\u2019s most narcissistic boss, Dracula (Oscar\u00ae winner Nicolas Cage).\u00a0 Renfield is forced to procure his master\u2019s prey and do his every bidding, no matter how debased. But now, after centuries of servitude, Renfield is ready to see if there\u2019s a life outside the shadow of The Prince of Darkness.\u00a0 If only he can figure out how to end his codependency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Renfield is directed by Emmy winner Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War, The LEGO Batman Movie) from a screen story by The Walking Dead and Invincible creator Robert Kirkman and a screenplay by Ryan Ridley (Ghosted series, Rick &amp; Morty series).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film also stars Golden Globe winner Awkwafina (The Farewell, Marvel\u2019s Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings), Emmy winner and Oscar\u00ae nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Saddam, House of Sand and Fog), Ben Schwartz (Sonic, The Afterparty), Adrian Martinez (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Focus) and Brandon Scott Jones (Ghosts, The Other Two).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RENFIELD | Final Trailer\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rNCmZJPEPoA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, your boss can be a real monster. In the case of R.M. Renfield, he\u2019s literally working for one of the most famous monsters of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A wildly inventive take on vampire mythology, RENFIELD stars Nicholas Hoult as the sad, perennially abused henchman of Dracula (Nicolas Cage) who, after dutifully serving his exploitative master for decades, is in the grips of a full-blown everlasting-life crisis. Renfield is unwilling to do Dracula\u2019s bidding any longer but has no idea how to strike out on his own. That all changes when he meets New Orleans cop Rebecca (Awkwafina), a principled officer with some unresolved anger issues, who is determined to bring down the city\u2019s most powerful crime family, led by Bellafrancesca Lobo (Shohreh Aghdashloo) and her son Tedward (Ben Schwartz). Inspired by Rebecca\u2019s willingness to stand up for what\u2019s right, Renfield begins to imagine a brighter future for himself, one where he might escape the drudgery of his nightly existence and enjoy walking among the living once more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this modern monster tale of Dracula\u2019s loyal servant, Emmy nominee Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road, X-Men franchise) stars as Renfield, the tortured aide to history\u2019s most narcissistic boss, Dracula (Oscar\u00ae winner Nicolas Cage).\u00a0 Renfield is forced to procure his master\u2019s prey and do his every bidding, no matter how debased. But now, after&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2023\/04\/11\/renfield-opens-in-cinemas-friday-14-april-2023\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Renfield  Opens In  Cinemas Friday, 14 April 2023<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}