This time we look at the action comedy Renfield which sees Nicholas Holt playing the titular tortured assistant / familiar to Dracula (Nicholas Cage) has spent the last ninety years being forced to procure his master's prey and do his every bidding.

Tiring of his life of servitude Renfield decides to make a life for himself only to soon run afoul of the Lobo crime family which soon has him forming a connection with cop Rebecca (Awkwafina) who is keen to take the family down for good unaware that they have made a deal with Dracula.

We look at Awkwafina's first action role and how she fares in a more dramatic role. Plus the cinematic history of Dracula, the collapse of the Dark Universe and how to prove you've read Frankenstein

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