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| “ | I'm the Prince of Wallachia. Some call me the Dark One. Others, the Lord of Death. To most, I, am, Dracula! | „ |
| ~ Dracula's introduction. |
Vlad III Dracula mainly know as the Count Dracula, or only by Dracula, is the main antagonist of the 2023 comedy-horror film Renfield. He is a legendary vampire of Transylvania and Renfield's former boss. He is loosely based on his literary counterpart.
He was portrayed by Nicolas Cage, who also played Castor Troy in Face/Off, Yuri Orlov in Lord of War, Brent Ryan in Mom and Dad, Speckles in G-Force, Little Junior Brown in Kiss of Death, Peter Loew in Vampire’s Kiss, Nicky Cage in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, The Passenger in Sympathy for the Devil, and the title character in Longlegs.
Personality[]
He is shown to be manipulative and greedy, wanting to conquer the world for power while also hungry for blood, manipulating Lobo and Renfield while having him as his servant/slave. He is also egotistical and selfish, not caring for anyone, but might appreciate Satan after saying “Hail Satan“ right before he dies.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Vampire Physiology: Like his literary counterpart, Dracula in this film is also a vampire. As such, he possesses many traits that are afforded his physiology.
- Immortality: As a vampire, Dracula is capable of living throughout the centuries, impervious to the ravages of age and even disease. According to Renfield himself however, he's seen the Count come back from some pretty impossible methods of lethality. It typically varies however, on how long he needs to take to come back however, typically depending on the damage he's sustained to his body.
- Superhuman Strength: Dracula is easily capable of lifting a fully grown human being into the air with just one hand and knock them back with a great deal of force.
- Superhuman Stamina: Dracula can go for indeterminate amounts of time without tiring, even if he's been exposed to a bit of sunlight.
- Superhuman Durability: Dracula is able to withstand attacks that are otherwise lethal to normal humans. Such injuries include having his teeth ripped out of his mouth and even being shot.
- Accelerated Healing Factor: As a vampire, Dracula possesses the ability to heal at an extremely fast rate compared to a normal human. This is typically done through him feeding on the blood of others. Typically however, with him, the purer the victim, the more powerful and fully healed he will become. He can also use his blood to heal those he's killed or wounded. It was shown that even if he has been defanged like a snake, he can regrow his fangs.
- Flight: Dracula was shown to be able to defy gravity at will and was able to do so throughout the film.
- Claws and Fangs: Dracula's teeth are pointed, as if they were filed down, with his canines able to grow to at least a good inch in size. He also possesses claws sharp enough to pierce human skin with ease.
- Shape-Shifting: Dracula is able to take the form of a swarm of bats, which allow him another method of flight, as well as turn into mist. He is also able of altering his size with this ability.
- Telepathy: Dracula possesses a telepathic link to those he's made his familiars. This was seen several times, as he was able to contact Renfield from great distances, either for aid, or to relay messages.
Weaknesses[]
- Religious Items: As with most vampires, Dracula cannot stand the effects of items that people place their faith within. Such items include the cross, bible, etc.
- Protection Circle: As a type of demon, Dracula can be trapped within a protection circle. He was in at least 2 in the film, the one in the beginning and the other at the climax. He was able to escape the first one with the aid of Renfield, however unable to escape the second, as he was killed by both his former servant and Rebecca.
- Sunlight: Like most vampires, Dracula is lethally vulnerable to the effects of the sun. Exposure to sunlight causes him to begin smoking and burn, which can and will, diminish his power significantly. He can overcome such diminished power level if he feeds.
- Invitation: As with most vampires, Dracula is incapable of entering a place unless being invited in first. He typically must either get a verbal invitation or one from something like a welcome mat in order to enter a premises.
Biography[]
Background[]
Dracula is roughly 500 years old and in the early 20th century, he met R.M. Renfield, a solicitor from London, England. Renfield was within Transylvania, at the Count's invitation to purchase property within the UK and he proved to be a very useful assistant to the vampire. As a result, Renfield would be bequeathed a portion of Dracula's power, becoming his familiar in the process.
Renfield[]
90 years following their encounter with monster hunters that nearly killed him, Dracula and Renfield move to New Orleans, where his servant brings him bodies of recently dead criminals for him to feed upon. He then tells Renfield the victims he has been bringing them are insufficient, leading him to desire more pure victims. Renfield makes it a point to bring up to his master that the world is more dangerous now than ever and they needed to be careful, which brought his master's wrath upon him in the form of him reopening a wound he sustained while fetching the vampire's dinner. Dracula would also heal his wounds with his blood, but also take into account what his servant has stated as well. He would then stay up all day, plotting his re-emergence as a "god", with humanity serving at his feet or become his dinner. He even reveals his plot to Renfield, who even admits he has given this lots of thought.
Not long after this however, a group of criminals belonging to the Lobos, arrive at the dilapidated charity hospital that both Dracula and Renfield are currently residing, looking for the vampire's servant. Dracula feeds upon many of the criminals, but spares Tedward Lobo, demanding to know why they were there. Teddy reveals that they were seeking Renfield for his interference, leading to Dracula to angrily crush Teddy's phone and knock him unconscious before flying off to find him. Dracula would then find where Renfield was holding up, which was a studio apartment. He confronts his servant about his interference in criminal affairs and using his power to save people rather than bring him his dinner. Renfield attempts to use what he learned in his self-help group to confront the vampire, but ultimately failing and allowing Dracula to learn the church was feeding him these ideas. Not long following their encounter at the apartment, Dracula makes his way to self-help group, introducing himself to them and dining on them, despite Renfield's plea of mercy.
Now back to full power, Dracula returns to his lair, where he asks if Teddy's criminal organization would be willing to aid him in his quest for world domination, as well as compensating them for the damage that Renfield has caused them. With that, Teddy decides to bring Dracula to meet his mother, Bellafrancesca Lobo. During that time, Dracula makes Teddy one of his familiars and he brings the vampire to their hideout in the city, where he is introduced to Bellafrancesca and solidify their alliance. Following this, Dracula, using his telepathic link to Renfield, explains that he now has some new allies to help him see his plan come to fruition, leading to his former servant and a second generation cop named Rebecca, to confront the Lobos.
Dracula remained within the Lobos' hideout and had endowed several members with a portion of his power, making them familiars as well and even awaiting the arrival of Rebecca, as the criminals had not only captured her sister, but also nearly beat her to death. Rebecca arrived and met with Dracula, who wished for her to join him and in return, he would heal her sister. Rebecca, seemingly accepting his offer, actually deceives the vampire and opens the steel plates, covering the windows, allowing the sun inside. Dracula, angered by this, turns into a swarm of bats and pursues them into the lower half of the Lobos' HQ, where he nearly kills Renfield and Rebecca. As he holds Rebecca by the throat, she shoots his foot, allowing his blood to fall onto Renfield, healing the familiar and allowing him to attack the vampire. It's then that Dracula loses his advantage over Renfield and Rebecca, as he is both beaten and trapped within a protection circle that Rebecca made from cocaine. With little options, he chooses to spend a "season in hell", yelling "HAIL SATAN" before being chopped up, shot, burned, and diced into cement cubes that are then thrown into the sewer. Despite this however, Renfield and Rebecca use his blood to heal those that needed it and are also aware that Dracula himself would likely return, but it would take him sometime to do so, following what they did to him.
External Links[]
- Dracula on the Pure Evil Wiki
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