RENFIELD - Vampire Nicolas Cage is Amazing 

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Whoever thought of casting Nicolas Cage as Dracula deserves a raise!

You missed my favorite joke of the movie, when Dracula shows up to Renfield’s apartment Renfield acts surprised as to how he got in but then he looks back and notices a mat that says “welcome” in front of the door

People often make fun of Nicolas Cage's acting style, but for movies where you need a character who is over the top, ridiculous, or insane it works out well.

The bug thing is actually a canon part of the source material. In the Dracula book, Renfield is a patient in a mental asylum who claims that he will get his masters' powers, if he consumes the life of other beings. He starts with bugs but later on escalates to mice and kittens

Renfield eating bugs is a direct tie to the novel! His character eats roaches in the asylum where he’s kept 😊

This plot has its holes. Every story does... But that scene in which Dracula tries to turn his abuse upon Renfield in his apartment was nothing short of tragic. Seeing that process of someone who's spent years and years beating you down, only to turn around and tell you that it's your fault is terrifyingly accurate. Narcissists and abusers will always either deny or rationalize their abuse. This movie isn't amazing in any traditional sense, but it's incredibly relevant and impactful to a lot of people who have had relationships like this. Whether it be with romantic partners or even parents.

i kind of wished you talked a bit more about nicholas hoults performance, he does a very good job playing a character who we have to feel sorry for, his comedic delivery is very great, he manages to make me care for awkwafinas character solely because of how much he cares for her and his chemistry with nic cage is amazing, they really manage to make this movie work and you can tell that both of them really cared, i hope they will work again in other projects because i really enjoyed the two nics together

One of my favorite scenes is when Renfield asks the scorched Dracula, "are you alright?" and Dracula has been reduced to a match head with eyes and simply says, "NO."

It wasn't just cheerleaders. Dracula said something like, "a loving couple, some nuns, or a busload of cheerleaders." Renfield sits down to eat, looks up, and spots a loving couple, some nuns, and a busload of cheerleaders pulling into the parking lot and entering the restaurant.

I really liked renfield, I found all the old timey vampire rules to be hilarious such as the welcome mat letting Dracula in and such. I also really liked the comic book style violence just being so over the top and comical. The only part that kinda killed it for me was the gang being kind of surface level imo. Nicholas cage as Dracula was a god tier choice and we need more of it. Overall a good movie and I will rewatch it for sure.

I love the trend of making movies specifically for Nick Cage, I don't know if this is the case here but it feels like it for sure, he is his own genre, amazing.

Small funfact: the flashback-sequence isn't only inspired by old vampire-movies, these scenes are literally taken out of the 1931-Dracula movie with Bela Lugosi, just with the two Nic(h)olas'es taking over the spot of him and Dwight Frye. It's pretty sweet and one of the reason I love this movie way more than I should, it really feels like someone appreciates the old universal monster-flicks the same way I do.

I wish someone loved me as much as Elvis loves Nicolas Cage.

So fun trivia, they actually wanted Nic Cage to act like Bela Lugosi Dracula and match all of the possible scenes and mannerisms. I think he fucking nailed them

She knew where the switch was because Teddys mom literally closed the blinds and put it on the table right in front of her lol, also it was marked. Also they defeating Dracula was a process. I think ending with a protection circle was perfect to cap off the movie and then finding it on tumblr is hilarious

Nicolas Cage is honestly one the best actors out there, even if he's in a bad movie he gives it his all. And when he's in a good movie, he makes it amazing

Reinfeild still being alive after the events of the 1931 movie implies that he just has to get up from below the stairs and walk it off and I just think that’s fucking hilarious

I love so much how this is canonically a continuation of the 1933 bela lugosi dracula movie, for that one you see they do only eyes illuminated by a slit of light and I was happy with that. Cage doesn't just play Dracula he plays Bela Lugosi's Count Dracula.

My fiance and I love this movie. The whole metaphor of being in a toxic, abusive relationship was so spot on for us as we both have been in a relationshit before.

My friend and I went on opening night, and it's a shame the theater wasn't even full because the whole audience had a blast. So much fun camp. It was exactly what I expected it to be, but even better. The nods to Bela Lugosi and the original story about the character Renfield from the book Dracula are amazing too.

This movie is SO, so good. My guess is the not so positive reviews are just people whose humor wasn't the target audience. This movie hit so many marks for me. It was so funny.

This movie is a fever dream. I genuinely wonder what compelled someone to make this film, and I’m infinitely grateful they did

I went to the theatre not knowing what to expect and I was blown away by how much I loved this movie. So funny and good, it really deserved so much more love but I think it was just a poor time of year for a spooky movie release? It’s like a perfect movie

After watching City of Angels twice, it so amazing how NC goes from a serious role to a silly one like Renfield. Nicolas is a great actor 👼

Pretty sure Nicolas just wandered on set and he just went along with it as himself.

*Everybody put 100% into their performance* except from Awkafina.. and it really dragged the movie down with her subplot - Nicholas Hoult and Nicolas Cage and Ben Schwartz were hilarious in this movie.

I've been patiently waiting for a little over a year to see you talk about this movie. I had the privilege of working on this production and constantly thought, "Man, I can't wait til Elvis sees this!" Renfield was one of the very few productions where I had fun while working. I LOVED working with my camera crew and still work with some of them to this day; I even got to operate the camera for the fight scene between Cage and Awkwafina. Nick Hoult, Nic Cage, and Awkwafina were some of the nicest actors I've ever met on set, especially Hoult. Cage is incredibly down to earth and humble, (not many actors are like that on set, so it was refreshing). I've heard from my coworkers that a lot of content was edited out of the final cut, which is a bummer. I unfortunately haven't had the time to watch the movie for myself just yet cause my life is currently a mess, but I intend on watching it soon. I'm so glad that Renfield is getting so much praise!

The best joke in the entire movie is dracula being able to enter renfield's home because renfield had one of those welcome mats and that counted as an invitation i guess.

I saw it yesterday and it was soooo fun! Exactly my type of movie. Over the top, campy, violent and hilarious.

It just hit me Elvis has never seen the original Universal Dracula before. The opening backstory scenes are almost shot for shot scenes from the og movie.

For someone who knows so much about movies, I'm surprised you didn't realize that the early, black-and-white scenes were shot for shot recreations of the 1931 Dracula movie with Bela Legosi. He was very clearly supposed to be the same version of Drac that Legosi portrayed.

The fact that Nicolas Cage gets to play one of his dream roles and also gets to be a real vampire.

Ironically so many people came for Nic Cage, but when I saw the trailer Nicholas Hoult was the one that sold this film for me lol. I haven't really seen him in anything else sense Warm Bodies, and I loved his performance there- So seeing the actor again it was just an immediate OO EDIT: 14:00 This scene, is by far my favorite. The acting between both of them is done so well, I genuinely felt really uncomfortable, and emotional FOR Renfield during this whole exchange. So well done,

If I had a nickel for every Vampire movie that Elvis reviewed and loved on this channel, I’d have two nickels, which is not a lot, but is weird that it happened twice

There is something you got wrong here Elvis, in the scene where Renfield first gets blamed for the massacre of the therapy group, her assumption that he was responsible actually makes more sense than you give credit for. You forget that before this, she watched him annihilate a group of armed gangsters, while doing stuff like chopping a dude's arms clean off with a dinner plate, and impaling a guy with a table. She's already seen Renfield do seemingly superhuman things before this point, so it makes sense for her to assume that he could massacre the church group with his bare hands.

What a performance by Cage. You get all his nuances in this film.

Going into this movie, I didn't expect to GENUINELY enjoy it nearly as much as I did. Renfield is one of my favorite classic literature characters, so the relief I felt when this was good was indescribable 🤣

The black and white flashbacks were shot-for-shot recreations of scenes from 1931's Dracula.

I would say this movie was directed pretty badly, but Mr. Cage still put everything he had into it. He's a legend.

Been waiting for you to review this!!!

B&W Nick Cage as Dracula actually looks really good in the nostalgia of Bela Lugosi.

Renfield was great, I found it very amusing and I think all the actors had a lot of fun XD. Also Rebecca doesn't take him back to her place- Renfield brings her to his place. She passes out. It also makes sense that all the bodies would still be in the gym - her partner was supposed to call in the murders, and instead he called the Lobos and they came to get Renfield- not to secure the scene. They were likely all left there, and since all the cops were basically reassigned to deal with Rebecca and Renfield, I doubt any family members were called either. It was 1 or 2 days between the murders and Dracula dying it seems.

I like Jeremy Jahns' review of this movie, saying that it's like they had two scripts, a vampire movie, and a mobster movie, that were 45 minutes worth each, and wanting to make a whole movie, they just mashed them together. 1 + 1 = Renfield. Your review seemed to validate that. Great video. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

Nick Cage never ceases to amaze us.

Nicolas Cage is a goddamn national treasure ✨

I couldn't stop laughing during this movie and got teary-eyed during the more emotional parts like the codependent abusive relationship between Dracula and Renfield. There were also a bunch of nods to the novel and the Bela Legosi version. Superimposed scenes foe the flashback, Redfield eating bugs, the Lobo family being the wolves who Dracula had control over and were his "children of the night" (tho I kept thinking they were gonna introduce the family being dormant werewolves or something with all the wolf imagery). Loved this movie!! Haven't had so much fun with a movie in a long time before this one :)

Idk how I’ve never seen that Juni Ito Art in your background but I love him he’s so talented

Deadass Elvis your so wholesome. This Movie about the Narcissistic abuse hits different if You've been abused by a narcissist. Like I felt for Renfield on a whole ass personal level man. And those scenes where he's freeing himself and realizing he can go no contact with Dracula were amazing honestly.

in the original dracula text, renfield in almost every moment we see him is imprisoned and obsessed with dracula and eating bugs especially flys his power is a reference to that yk

This was his best purposeful comedic role in years.

I love the part where Nic Cage looks straight at the camera and said "Let's eat!" and started eating everyone.

They did the whole Dracula's servant eating bugs thing in this movie "Dracula: Dead and Loving It" staring Leslie Nielsen.

i will say as someone who has recently read dracula, renfeild eating bugs canonically makes sense for his character, as that is an actual plot point within the book. it does sound ridiculous if you dont have the context for sure, but having it makes it cool i think.

One night I was feeling upset and decided to see a horror movie in the theatre. My choices were Beau is Afraid, Evil Dead Rise, or Renfield (although...it isn't actually horror). Renfield was absolutely the best choice I could have made

14:10 I actually got to go to an early screening of the movie where the director did a Q&A, and he said there were only ever two people he considered for Dracula: Nicolas Cage and Daniel Day Lewis

I’M SO GLAD YOU COVERED THIS FILM I’m so in love with it. I wanted to see it a third time in cinemas but an employee recognised me when I watched it a second time

The beginning of the movie when it goes to the flashbacks, they actually recreated scenes from the original Dracula’s movie from 1930s. So technically this is a sequel to the original Dracula lol. Fucking awesome

It finally comes full circle. Nic is a vampire.

I've been waiting for this!!!

What a perfect way to start the day with good ol’ nick and Elvis. Glad your back man!

I got little buzzed drinking a margarita thing at Walmart. Watching this was a trip. I’ll definitely have to watch this movie eventually. Nic Cage is a national treasure.

We need a sequel that focuses more on Dracula's history. I wanna see Dracula and Renfield at the height of Dracula's reign.

I still can''t shake off the feeling this movie should've come out 10 years ago. The writing, jokes in particular, the plot, even editing, like it BELONGS to 2010-2014 era. And Nic Cage is the best, he delivers every time!

Love that you brought up his acting in Mandy, such an awesome movie

Aquafina is inspiring. Showing that anybody can be in big movies. Regardless if they can act or not.

Finally someone who recognizes genius lol renfield was honestly so campy and fun it reminded me of the original evil dead

Great review mate one of my favourites of this year

Yesssss I was hoping you'd do a video on this!! Have you done one on 'The unbearable weight of massive talent' yet? I had a quick look and couldn't see it, film was actually fantastic!

Nicholas Holt played Cages son already before! it is so nice to see them reunited (:

I saw this movie the other day - absolutely adored it! Not a huge Nic Cage fan but he was perfectly cast in this ❤️

I haven’t really seen anyone mention it yet either but the b&w shots at the beginning were recreations of scenes from the original Bela Lugosi Dracula, which is why they gave the vibes of classic vampire movies because they like. They were

The cast is perfect! I love it!

I can tell Nic Cage is having a hell of a fun time playing Dracula

The black and white scenes they used was actually from a really old vampire movie they just swapped the faces of the actors around.

I was waiting for this!

YES!!!! I was really hoping you would talk about this movie when I mentioned it in the old blood discord haha

Nic Cage is just magic, he can turn even the shittiest movie into something at least watchable🤷🏻‍♀️

Was there ever a time when Nicolas Cage *wasn’t* awesome?

You can feel how Nic just does it for fun at this point

I needed more of him in this. He was just so perfectly camp!!!!!

THIS MOVIE IS SO GOOD THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS

Elvis talking about how much the movie wants you to know his name is Teddy Lobo and then going on to call him Freddy for the rest of the video is so hilarious lmao

oh, I was waiting so long for you to make this video

Every time I see a new upload I legitimately get giddy and a huge smile on my face!!!! Thank you Elvis!

So if Renfield used Dracula’s blood to bring back everyone from the abuse meeting that Dracula killed doesn’t mean that they’re now familiars too?

The mitch joke is proof that Elvis really needs to be in charge of a movie

See it like an 90's comedy movie. Lightfooted and perfect for an chilling evening. Such movies are rare today.

This movie was so much fun. Great review. You are entertaining as hell!

okay, i'll admit this: i got WAYYYY too overly attached to renfield BUT YOU CAN'T BLAME ME FOR IT he's just an antisocial guy in a toxic relationship. i kinda saw myself in him. i......i just wanted to hug him. and him trying to stand up to dracula in his apartment just hurt me physically cuz people like him won't listen. but he got him. HE FUCKIN GOT HIM BY THE END AND I WAS HERE FOR IT! idk i just felt like a proud mom during it UwU

The first time I heard Nicolas Cage as Dracula, I laugh like it was a joke.... But after seeing this damn, he is Dracula all along.

Nicholas Cage love German expressionism. He's exactly where he should be. ❤

i was waiting for you to review this movie, i actually loved this movie so much- sm fun

I watched this movie expecting to be disappointed, but was pleasantly surprised and actually found myself genuinely laughing many times. It's got a good plot, characters feel MUCH better than a lot of other "filler" characters in other movies. 10/10, will recommend.

This was such a hoot to watch slightly buzzed in the theater lmao. Excited that Elvis is covering it!

omg amazing thank you so much for the recommendation

Nicholas cage does amazing with any role he gets, one of the best actors

Fucking FINALLY another video! WE missed you man!

Marvel needs to make a Spider-Man noir movie with Nicholas Cage

I’ve been waiting for this I knew you’d cover it 😂❤