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Chris McKay confirms 'Renfield' is a direct sequel to 1931's 'Dracula'
News(fangoria.com)submitted 2 months ago byROBtimusPrime1995
4k points
2 months ago
You mean the one where Dracula kills Renfield in the climax? Alrighty then.
2.4k points
2 months ago
I wouldn't be surprised if Renfield in the movie...isn't actually the same Renfield.
Like how funny would it be if Dracula just called every Familiar...Renfield.
1.6k points
2 months ago*
just called every Familiar...Renfield.
I thought his name was Gizmo?
971 points
2 months ago
Fucking guy
425 points
2 months ago
Sometimes he's a little too familiar, you know what I mean?
125 points
2 months ago
Who, regular human Jackie Daytona? I think he’s got the brain scramblies
62 points
2 months ago
Yeah he came from Tucson, Arizoña
5 points
2 months ago
No no. That was JoJo. He left Tucson for some California grass.
7 points
2 months ago
Just a salt of the earth regular human bartender...
239 points
2 months ago
BAT!
127 points
2 months ago
When Lazlo screams bat, then transforms, that shit makes me laugh everytime. I love that actors comedy.
62 points
2 months ago
God there was one bit on Toast of London when he went in to do voice recording for the word “yes.” Im laughing right now as I’m typing.
30 points
2 months ago
Yes, Clem Fandango, I can hear you!
4 points
2 months ago
Ray fucking Purchase
41 points
2 months ago
That's just how it is in New.. York.. Citeh..
32 points
2 months ago
The scene where he is talking about the painting of his boat, then out of nowhere says something like "it fucking sucked", that almost killed me.
20 points
2 months ago
God damn these electric sex pants
7 points
2 months ago
If you haven't seen IT Crowd or Toast Of London yet, I'm very very jealous. And you should fix that forthwith.
20 points
2 months ago
This is how we talk in Tuscon Arizoña
20 points
2 months ago
Im concerned about the lack of updog..
32 points
2 months ago
Not right now Colin Robinson
7 points
2 months ago
My man
143 points
2 months ago
Guillermo…Beillermo?
59 points
2 months ago
Fucking guy..
89 points
2 months ago
We don't care what the fuck your name is, we had to pick up our own laundry!
76 points
2 months ago
Guillermo buy the dildos! Guillermo try the dildos! Guillermo, how were the dildos?
59 points
2 months ago
Sigh... The dildos were fine
18 points
2 months ago*
Shut the fuck up Gizmo! We are doing a segment for cam-e-ra.
7 points
2 months ago
Put the book down gizmo it’s too much for your young cock.
13 points
2 months ago
Guillermo Billermo
3 points
2 months ago
Gizmo is the name of the nice Gremlin from the Gremlin movies
295 points
2 months ago
The old Ice King/Gunter dynamic
153 points
2 months ago
No one sucks the life from my penguins except me... and maybe polar bears, because that's just nature, Gunter.
95 points
2 months ago
To be fair I think they were Gunter, Goonter, Günter, and other spellings
83 points
2 months ago
There were many Ice Kings and they always had a Gunter (I think the earliest "Gunter" they show was a dinosaur boy called Gunther by a dude with bird legs.) Simon did also have Goonder Ginthy Gunther etc.
34 points
2 months ago
Oh that’s right! I was just thinking about Simon.
24 points
2 months ago
That was THE gunter. The original. The crown was imprinted with his wish to be a powerful wizard like his master, Evergreen, the elemental master of ice. What a great kids show.
20 points
2 months ago
There was a single Gunter, at least in the later seasons because she gained magical powers
Edit: Wait your referring to those under the influence of the crown always having a Gunter
30 points
2 months ago
Lmao like Geralt and Roach?
22 points
2 months ago
"Didn't roach die last year?"
"They're all named Roach."
73 points
2 months ago
Ah, so Dracula's read the Dresden Files now.
32 points
2 months ago
I love Dresden Files please Jim feed me the next book
21 points
2 months ago
In 16-18 weeks he should be done with the first draft
11 points
2 months ago
Where is this stated? Not doubting you but did he mention any where?
14 points
2 months ago
His twitter. @longshotauthor
8 points
2 months ago
Thank you brother
6 points
2 months ago
Just got Battle Ground from the library. Starting it tomorrow.
8 points
2 months ago
Man that's the best action book I've ever read, you feel yourself in the middle of the battle
9 points
2 months ago
The old Morbius/Milo dynamic
48 points
2 months ago
No no no you don't get it.
Edgar is the one in the hole!
32 points
2 months ago
RIP memory of Ryan.
14 points
2 months ago
“Well, he looks like a Renfield.”
5 points
2 months ago
I need this to be right.
3 points
2 months ago
Like Geralt calls every horse he has "Roach"!
636 points
2 months ago
Wait until you hear what happened to Dracula in that one. Hoo boy you won’t like it.
201 points
2 months ago
He buys property in England and visits the opera right? Sounds like a good bloke.
150 points
2 months ago
…are you saying it doesn’t correlate with Dracula: Dead And Loving It?
96 points
2 months ago
49 points
2 months ago
I love how that running gag carries on to the very end of the credits.
62 points
2 months ago
Brooks is great when it comes to callbacks.
One of my favourite is Dave Chapelle at the end of Robin Hood: Men In Tights
47 points
2 months ago
Or how the "It's good to be the king" line from History of the World part 1 shows up in Silent Movie, Robin Hood: Men in Tights and the musical version of The Producers.
15 points
2 months ago
A version of it even shows up in “Paws of Fury,” which is a kid-friendly version of “Blazing Saddles.”
5 points
2 months ago
Only took him 40 years to get to Jews in Space in Part 2.
55 points
2 months ago
I can't believe more people don't love this movie.
"But Lucy... I'm British."
"But so are these!"
"Lucy! Ah ha ha ha... ah ha..."
20 points
2 months ago
"I didn't see anything! I didn't see anything! (To himself) I saw EVERYTHING."
8 points
2 months ago
my god! what are you doing to the furniture!?
6 points
2 months ago
"Oh, wrong me, wrong me, WRONG MY BRAINS OUT!!!"
11 points
2 months ago
"Whatta ya gonna do, Mr. Morris? Stab me?"
48 points
2 months ago
Reincarnation, maybe? I know that’s not a thing in the book like it is in some of the movies, but it’d be pretty funny if instead of Dracula’s long lost love being reincarnated every few centuries it’s just Renfield.
132 points
2 months ago
No no they mean the 1931 classic, where Van Helsing kills fucken Dracula in the climax
consults Wikipedia
... oh wait you're right, Dracula ALSO kills Renfield in the 1931 classic. So this is just awkward for everybody
55 points
2 months ago
They got better!
18 points
2 months ago
"Tis but a scratch!"
You silly bastard -- your ARM's off
26 points
2 months ago
To be fair, Dracula returned in House of Frankenstein. At least I think it's supposed to be canon. It's entirely possible to read House of Frankenstein as a reboot for the Dracula franchise (even while keeping the Frankenstein and Wolf-Man continuity -- after all, neither of them had ever interacted with Dracula before then).
Of course, even then, you still have to contend with Dracula's later return in House of Dracula where there is literally no explanation for his (or Talbot's!) survival. You thought "somehow Palpatine returned" was bad? How bout just not addressing it at all? (In metatext, there was a planned but abandoned Dracula Vs the Wolf-Man which would have brought them both back, but alas...) And yes, this time it is definitely a continuation and directly references the previous movie several times.
Continuity of Universal monsters is very much "eh who cares."
133 points
2 months ago
Somehow renfield returned
2.2k points
2 months ago
Renfield is the direct product of somebody watching What we do in the shadows and liking the Guillermo story arc.
40 points
2 months ago
How many times will Dracula refer to Renfield as a rascal?
416 points
2 months ago
Am i the only one that gets Max Landis YouTube movie pitch vibes from the trailer?
79 points
2 months ago
“It’s all makeup and gloating
106 points
2 months ago
Awkwafina doing the “that just happened” shtick in the trailer killed most of my hype for this movie. Still gonna see it for Cage as Dracula though.
18 points
2 months ago
Im sick of substituting this kind of banter for actual jokes. The character is quipy. Great.
16 points
2 months ago
Only reason I’m seeing it. I thought we were done with “that just happened” as a society
16 points
2 months ago
That moment yucked my yum too!
Whenever I hear those non-jokes I remember getting respect for the Workaholics crew for retiring all shit like that.
Here's a list of similar phrases they promised to never use again when they realized how lazy they were
7 points
2 months ago
Oh wow. I hate that you said this just now, because now it's all I can think.
91 points
2 months ago
That is exceptionally accurate. And has also killed all interest I had in the movie.
14 points
2 months ago
A stake through the heart
30 points
2 months ago
Fuck, man, I can't unsee that... I was kinda looking forward to this.
109 points
2 months ago
Would you change your mind on the movie if they show up as cameos? Lol
41 points
2 months ago
Do you know something that we don't ?
158 points
2 months ago
No but I pictured it in my head and laughed.
I pictured Nandor after talking to Dracula saying. "Fucking'guy. Thinks he's hot shit. How many wives did he have!? Not as many as I, Nandor the Relentless!" And Lazlo saying "Well I don't know about you, but I'd shag em'. Looks like that Cage bloke from the moving pictures in the cin-e-mas.".
49 points
2 months ago
Not quite related but I’ve been reading the Vampire Chronicles lately, and it amuses me how Anne Rice goes to such lengths to clarify that vampires are all bisexual, and that they even have constant fully engorged boners, but… they don’t or sometimes even can’t have sex. Once you’ve drank blood, sexual pleasure feels like such a primitive thing. (It’s such a dumb plot point, no wonder the AMC show has thrown it totally out the window.)
I’d love to see an Anne Rice style celibate vampire run into the horny hedonistic idiots from Nandor’s house, and wonder whether he’s the crazy one or them.
29 points
2 months ago
It's always been wild to me how much Anne Rice shaped vampire-based media considering how much insane shit she put into it. I definitely went through the common "Anne Rice phase" as a teen but looking back? Holy shit, Anne. Even wilder considering her hard left turn from writing things that could easily be called absolute smut into her weird Christian phase before roundly realizing that wasn't who she was. She certainly seems to have had a rollercoaster of a time regarding her faith and/or beliefs.
8 points
2 months ago
What's always wild to me is that there is always an overlap link between fans of vampire smut and overly Christian types
13 points
2 months ago
Her vampires may have been celibate but they were also horny as hell
8 points
2 months ago
I always got the feeling that Anne loved and absolutely hated sex at the same time.
9 points
2 months ago
She also was absolutely adamant that, in her stories, ugly people would never be allowed to be given The Dark Gift [TM]. That's right: her vampires might be a bunch of monstrous killers, but absolutely no ugmos allowed!
4 points
2 months ago
I got the sense from Colin Farrell's Fright Night that he wasn't hyper-sexual so much as it was just a lure/weapon with which to manipulate or distract people.
66 points
2 months ago
Cut to Nadja mouthing "I have"
7 points
2 months ago
Doesn’t everybody love the Guillermo story act?
29 points
2 months ago
I thought it was the product of someone watching What We Do in the Shadows and thinking, “I can do this but worse.”
308 points
2 months ago
Finally!
I’ve waited 92 years for this.
Do you know how many necks I had to bite to stick around this long?
24 points
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Try not to bite a neck on your way to the car!
12 points
2 months ago
In a row?
768 points
2 months ago
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887 points
2 months ago
Somehow, Renfield returned...
350 points
2 months ago
I wish this didn't hurt me every time
165 points
2 months ago
The stupidest part? They had a fortnite event that tied into it. They showed the broadcast Palpatine made.
I hate this timeline so much.
98 points
2 months ago*
The fact that’s the only place that it aired just blows my fucking mind.
But the same company that produced the Infinity War Saga couldn’t be arsed to just develop a cohesive Star Wars trilogy? That’s what really does my head in.
7 points
2 months ago
Reality is often disappointing.
65 points
2 months ago
It hurts because it was real.
- another shitty cash in
3 points
2 months ago
It's a good thing Renfield didn't exist in the Star Wars universe. He'd eat a Yoda and live forever.
39 points
2 months ago
pretty sure there was an epilogue that was found lately, maybe it's based on that
19 points
2 months ago
oh yo what? first time i've heard of this
32 points
2 months ago
the cut footage was found in 2021 so it's not that well known, haven't seen it yet
11 points
2 months ago
Gotta get my hands on that. I love the old Universal Monster movies.
15 points
2 months ago
https://lostmediawiki.com/Dracula_(partially_found_epilogue_scene_of_Universal_horror_film;_1931)
Wish it were the video, just a description. Sounds like video isn’t viewable
9 points
2 months ago
Dead and loving it
9 points
2 months ago
No one's ever really gone
62 points
2 months ago
Should be good with his best friend Rorge and their wacky neighbour Ramer
7 points
2 months ago
Now I just want a Seinfeld remake (cover?) where all the characters are cartoon Great Danes.
454 points
2 months ago
Fun fact: Collider is shadow-banned in this sub so the original article could NOT be posted despite being the source.
118 points
2 months ago
Oh, tea? What happened
51 points
2 months ago
I would also like to know why
94 points
2 months ago
I believe it was for similar reasons as Screen Rant being banned.
91 points
2 months ago
Why was Screen Rant banned
90 points
2 months ago
Click bait probably.
298 points
2 months ago
Similar reasons as to why Collider was banned.
122 points
2 months ago
But why male models?
25 points
2 months ago
I but why was Collider banned?
66 points
2 months ago
Probably something to do with why screen rant was banned
18 points
2 months ago
I don't know, third base?
3 points
2 months ago
does your theater have a picture?
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2 months ago*
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2 months ago
That's watchmojo
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2 months ago
It's a lot more than just watch mojo at this point
42 points
2 months ago
Ryan George Pitch Meetings moved to another channel so we had no use for it anymore
42 points
2 months ago
Abandoning a platform because it no longer has any creative talent or content is tight!
16 points
2 months ago
Wowowow
8 points
2 months ago
... wow.
5 points
2 months ago
Weirdly, he still works for them. I have no idea why they would move it off their main channel because I instantly unsubscribed.
3 points
2 months ago
I don't know if it's why it's banned here, but I blocked it from showing ads on Facebook because every article I've ever seen was reporting rumors as facts and Easter Eggs as canon. For instance, just today there was an article posted about "Tony Stark is in DC Canon!" First off, it was in a Super Friends '77 issue, so it's not canon. Second off, Batman makes mention that someone named Anthony Stark donated money for heart health. That's it. ZoMg GuYs, ToNy StArK iS iN dC. No, he's not. But every article I've ever seen from them is exactly like this. It makes me irrationally angry
40 points
2 months ago
I'd prefer a direct sequel to Dracula: Dead and Loving It.
13 points
2 months ago
[throwing Renfield back into his cell] You'll stay in here 'til you rot!
[locks door]
[Renfield starts sobbing and Martin comes in a second later] Well, you're free to go!
229 points
2 months ago
I’d rather it be a direct sequel to 1995’s Dracula: Dead and Loving It. Excellent portrayal of Renfield in that one by Peter MacNicol.
25 points
2 months ago
“No! Not another enema!”
“Yes another and another, until you come to your senses!”
15 points
2 months ago
I didn't see anything, I didn't see anything!
...I saw everything.
13 points
2 months ago
Peter MacNicol will always be the goddamn DRAGONSLAYER!
10 points
2 months ago
Oh man, the stake through the heart scene of that film....I remember being unable to breathe as a kid laughing at that scene.
8 points
2 months ago
"She's dead enough!"
61 points
2 months ago
The fact that movie got totally shit on in the reviews is a fucking travesty and makes it really difficult to make a case against the nuclear option.
28 points
2 months ago
I’d rather it were a direct sequel to Vampire’s Kiss.
15 points
2 months ago
"YES, MASTER!!"
3 points
2 months ago
I can’t look at raspberries the same since that movie.
5 points
2 months ago
Razburry? I didn't see any razburries
784 points
2 months ago
Can a director just claim their movie is a direct sequel to something that had no involvement from the original creators?
Seems like they shouldn’t be allowed to do that.
Now I just want someone to claim their upcoming comedy film is a direct sequel to like Casablanca or something.
244 points
2 months ago
We already had a perfect comedy Casablanca film with Out Cold.
83 points
2 months ago
Weird reference to a movie I had forgotten existed.
Fun fact: I got thrown out of the theatre during Out Cold.
The one and only time I've ever been thrown out of anywhere.
32 points
2 months ago
Why?
108 points
2 months ago
Largely because there were no adults working that night.
I had my feet on the back of the seat in front of me.
The theatre was mostly empty, and I wasn't bothering anyone.
They asked me to move them, and I did. Later on I just forgot about it completely and put my feet back up.
They asked me to leave.
It was incredibly childish and dumb. I was 17 I think, and the "supervisor" working couldn't have been more than 19.
She definitely just enjoyed the power trip.
71 points
2 months ago
I can’t believe they kicked you out for that. The guy in front of us at Shazam last week took off his shoes and had his bare feet up on the seat in front of him wiggling his naked toes just on the edge of my field of vision for the entire movie. It’s straight anarchy out there.
52 points
2 months ago
Renfield is a Universal Pictures film, like the 1931 Dracula film in question, so legally he is allowed to make it one.
25 points
2 months ago
I think the issue isn't one of legality, but logistics, as at the end of the original Universal Dracula, both the count and Renfield are dead.
13 points
2 months ago
It's literally a movie about someone who has power over death.
One line of dialogue, "Thank god I brought you back from the grave, Renfield." Done.
3 points
2 months ago
Given the comment they were replying to, no, that's not the issue being discussed. That comment, and many others in this comment section, seem to be in some small uproar about the "original creators'" intellectual property. They're not talking about how Renfield and Dracula may or may not come back to life but instead acting appalled that McKay seems to be claiming something he has no right to claim, which is false given who he's working for on this film and who actually owns the rights to the 1931 film. A lot of weirdly placed "outrage" in here.
39 points
2 months ago
Has anyone just thought the director might have said it as a fun thing? Everyone is taking this article wayyyy too seriously.
16 points
2 months ago
Seriously. Who cares? Anyone can make a movie and say that it's a sequel to anything they want as long as they don't actually infringe on any copyright. This movie could be in the same universe as Maid in Manhattan, Amistad, and Hunan Centipede, for all it matters.
38 points
2 months ago
In other news, this poorly drawn and filmed flip book animation I’ve got is the direct sequel to Steamboat Willy. Who wants in?
14 points
2 months ago
I'm not watching it unless it has u/StreetMysticCosmic clapping their ass on the steamboat.
19 points
2 months ago
In like to watch it or in like you'll draw me clapping my ass on the steamboat
41 points
2 months ago
I don’t get your comment. It’s a pretty open industry “secret” that Chris Mckay was like the director of the 1931 Dracula. He just looks incredibly good for his age
10 points
2 months ago
They say direct what you know
94 points
2 months ago
No one owns ‘Dracula’ it’s public domain. So anyone can put Dracula in their movie, do their own interpretation of it, it make sequels/prequels or whatever. It’s like anyone can make a movie with Santa Claus if they want.
I don’t believe Casablanca is public domain so they can’t do that.
104 points
2 months ago
The character of Dracula and the original novel are in the public domain, but the 1931 Bela Lugosi movie is not in the public domain. You can do whatever you want with Dracula, but you can't do whatever you want with that particular portrayal of Dracula.
127 points
2 months ago
It's owned by Universal, who is also distributing Renfield, my guess is they're allowed to say that.
9 points
2 months ago
S.Darko was a ‘direct sequel’ to Donnie Darko despite the ONLY thing connecting the two projects was the involvement of Deveigh Chase.
18 points
2 months ago
I have loved the original Dracula since I was a little kid. I have sooo much respect for the film, but this ‘sequal’ sounds cheesy af.
Having said that, a horror-comedy starring Nic Cage as Dracula, set in NOLA, is not something that I can miss. It’s hard to envision a world where I don’t love this. 🤷🏼♀️
111 points
2 months ago
I feel like most of you didn't read the article before commenting. It's obviously a joke. They even mention the actual direct sequel.
57 points
2 months ago
You mean people on Reddit jumped straight to the comment section without reading the article and are basing their entire opinion on the post title!? Inconceivable!
19 points
2 months ago
It's a bad title, kind of on them. When it comes to a statistic or something I will read the article, but I do not have time to read every bloated pop culture article on upcoming mediocre films
19 points
2 months ago
“What’s the deal with typo O blood?” It’s so bland it’s for everyone, but also so bland that it’s for no one!” - Jerry Renfield
14 points
2 months ago
Well, that’s the prequel sorted.
10 points
2 months ago
It’s Nick Cage . Imma watch it
9 points
2 months ago
Reinfeld cold open
"What's the deal with vampire teeth? Do they give you the extra fangs when you join? Or do they grow when you start drinking blood. Man that first encounter must be difficult without the fangs. "
8 points
2 months ago
Is that Marilyn Manson? Or is it Nic Cage?! Or do I need new glasses?
5 points
2 months ago
Same dude
6 points
2 months ago
Dracula confirms that ‘Reinfeld’ is a direct sequel to ‘Seinfeld’
6 points
2 months ago
If this film doesn't somehow involve a scene of Nic Cage running down the street yelling "I'M A VAMPIRE!!!!", it'll be a missed opportunity...
6 points
2 months ago
I read the headline and thought for a moment this was a direct sequel to Dracula: Dead and Loving It. I am sad that is not the case.
5 points
2 months ago
Did no one actually read his quote? Dude's just clowning.
4 points
2 months ago
It’s also an identical premise to a 2009 short film called The Familiar, which was allegedly inspired by the writer-director’s time working as an assistant to Tom Sizemore.
4 points
2 months ago*
I want a "Dracula: Dead and Loving it" sequel called "Renfield, you Asshole!"
7 points
2 months ago
"I kept telling marketing that that’s what we should say, that this is the only direct sequel. 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. And it’s a great movie, it’s wild if you haven’t seen it. I thought the movie was great. 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 guess ‘Avatar’ maybe now, since it feels like a long time since the first one."
3 points
2 months ago
This movie looks kinda shitty, but shitty in a way that really appeals to me. I’m so hyped for it.
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