What is the one role that the legendary Nicholas Cage hasn’t done? Well, you might take some time to answer that as the man has basically completed Hollywood. It is Dracula, I mean was as he played the character in this year’s Renfield. The film’s plot revolved around, “Count Dracula’s lackey Renfield finds a new lease on life in modern day New Orleans when he falls in love with Rebecca Quincy, a feisty but perennially aggressive traffic cop.” The film was made on a budget of $65 million but only managed to earn $25.3 million because of the mixed reactions of audiences towards the film. It felt like two films jammed into one. After the box office failure of the film, Renfield is now trying to recover its fund by releasing physical media.
Renfield Finally Gets A Home Release Date!
The horror-comedy will get a home video release next week on 6th June 2023. Fans who buy the movie on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD won’t just get the film but also deleted and extended scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes, commentary tracks, and more. This version of the film is called “Dracula Sucks Edition”. As per a press release, “Oscar winner Nicolas Cage stars as Dracula in the side-splitting, action-packed new cult classic, Renfield, available to own on Digital, Blu-ray, and DVD June 6th from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Soaked with bloody fun and overflowing with toxic relationships, Renfield comes home in a Dracula Sucks Edition with 60 minutes of darkly humorous and captivating never-before-seen bonus content, including deleted scenes and featurettes that dive deeper into the cutting-edge comedy and the secrets behind turning a classic tale into a modern monster movie.”
Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD special features are as follows:
- Hilarious Deleted and Extended Scenes
- Alternate Takes
- Dracula UnCaged – Go inside the mind of a vampire as Dracula himself, Nicolas Cage, reveals the secrets behind turning a classic character into a memorable monster.
- Monsters & Men: Behind the Scenes of Renfield – An in-depth look at Renfield’s cast, sets, costumes, and more as the actors and filmmakers reveal how they modernized a famous terror tale with trailblazing comedy and over-the-top action.
- Stages of Rejuvenation – See how special makeup effects bring the undead to life throughout the four stages of Dracula’s incredible transformation.
- Flesh & Blood – Exploding heads. Peeling faces. Severed limbs. They’re all part of the macabre movie magic that fuels Renfield with inventive action and hilarious horror.
- Fighting Dirty – Stunt coordinator Christopher Brewster leads a look at the training, choreography, and careful execution that goes into the film’s spectacular stunts and fight scenes.
- The Making of a Deleted Scene: Renfield’s Dance! – Nicholas Hoult and choreographer Kathryn Burns pull back the curtain on constructing an elaborate musical number for a fantasy dance sequence.
- Feature Commentary with Producer Samantha Nisenboim, Screenwriter Ryan Ridley, and Crew
Renfield stars Nicholas Hoult, Nicholas Cage, Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz, Adrian Martinez, Shohreh Aghdashloo, and Brandon Scott Jones. The film is directed by Chris McKay and written by Ryan Ridley from a story by Robert Kirkman.
Renfield is available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV+ and is available for purchase on Digital.
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