So, Longlegs was our pick for the second movie of this year’s Halloween eve, AND WE HATED IT!!!

It was praised by so many people, just as Hereditary or Smile were. But these movie are exactly what WE HATE (yes, caps!) in the new wave of horror. It’s heavy, slow, psychological, dramatic and artsy. If you read my past horror movies reviews, you will know that this is exactly what makes me downgrade a movie.

When I hear people say that this is the best serial killer movie since Silence of the Lambs, it makes me want to punch them in the face! They aren’t even in the same registry. One is a real FBI investigation, the other is a psychological circus of boring scenes.

I could have written something about the actors or the synopsis but even Nicolas Cage can’t make me wanna write another word about this movie.

Don’t expect an Oscar winning masterpiece when you watch “Renfield”, it’s a chaotic fun with buckets of blood and lots of violence kind of movie. Both Nicholas Cage as Dracula and Nicholas Hoult as Renfield are superb with excellent acting and a dynamic master – servant relationship.

Cage is one of my favourite actors, despite his history of turning down non-leading roles in studio films, he signed on to play Dracula. It was a life-long dream of his to portray the legendary figure. He even had his teeth filed down in order to have a more natural-looking fit and better enunciation while wearing his Dracula prosthetics. The movie industry can be such a strange world.

When I read that “Renfield” is categorised as a comedy horror, I was afraid it would be another heavy movie with tedious jokes. I was wrong, the slapstick humour and over the top action stunts make this movie a joy to watch. It also seems like there’s a big come back to “gore” in movies lately, the ripping of body parts, dismemberment, tons and tons of blood… Definitely a must watch for fans of the genre, I love this stuff.

I’ve always been a sucker for aesthetics, Dracula’s lair for example was amazing. It was shot in the abandoned Charity Hospital in New Orleans. I don’t know how many blood bags have been used to create this scene, but I did read that to the left of his chair, there’s a pile of 75 semi-fresh bodies. There’s a room at the back with at least 150 fully decomposed bodies, and there’s a blood smear where Renfield had to drag them across the floor. A lot of work and creativity went into this, some people have such awesome jobs.

If you don’t go in with too many expectations, this movie is definitely a good choice for a fun popcorn evening.