Not sure what other people were expecting... I thought it was the perfect blend of humor, action, gore and even some heart. At 93 minutes, it was a lot of fun and didn't drag at all.

The premise of having the story focusing on Dracula's familiar instead of Dracula himself sounded like a great original idea. The thing is Nicolas Cage as Dracula is far more interesting than whatever they tried to do with Renfield. Whenever Dracula was on-screen I was entertained but it just becomes boring whenever Renfield is around. A great deal of the movie doesn't even focus on him either, it's mostly about the local crime family and the corrupt police department subplot. They certainly tried with the comedy and I got some *What We Do in The Shadows* vibes for most of the runtime but it's not nearly as funny, nor is it an interesting satire on vampires. I'm totally ok with cringe but none of the comedy really worked for me, I laughed maybe twice. It would have been forgivable if the action sequences were good at least but that's not the case. The blood is entirely ugly-looking CGI, the action has no stakes and characters with no powers (ex: Awkwafina's character) fight as if they have powers. Awkwafina plays herself, Renfield is uninteresting and the third act was so incredibly predictable and underwhelming. Nick Cage was awesome as Dracula though, I wish he was in another movie!

This is a good bad Nicolas Cage movie. It's dumb in all the right ways with overtop violence. Worked for me. Def. not an award winner though. 😆

Some of the grindhouse splashy stuff is fun, some of the campy stuff with Cage is fun. Besides that, it’s fairly forgettable. It’s a classic example of the writer not having enough ideas to keep it entertaining and choosing the wrong angle, because let’s be honest here: the movie should’ve focussed on Cage instead of Awkwafina and Hoult. All the stuff with Awkwafina in particular is very boring and feels like padding. Moreover, it’s not that funny, the sickening hues in the cinematography are somewhat interesting but a lot of it still looks like basic coverage and the score/needle drops suck. I don’t even think it throws enough of a bone in terms of well developed characters or an interesting premise, instead it really feels like the worst instincts of Edgar Wright, Taika Waititi and Sam Raimi combined into a film. 4/10

Not enough Cage, just not enough Cage. And just too much Awkwafina. To me, she sounds like nails on a blackboard. Just horrible. Overall, few funny moments, some nice action, and a predictable story. Hoult plays basically the same character as in Warm Bodies here. [spoiler] If they had the courage and let Dracula win for a change, would at least made for a nice surprise [/spoiler]