Renfield
Movie
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Are there bedbugs?
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IndigoBlue14
Loads of bugs of various types, don't think any bed bugs.
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Abandonment
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howdywrites
Spoiler: Renfield explains he abandoned his wife and child before he met Dracula
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Abuse
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Rory_John14
Dracula gaslights Renfield throughout, particularly during the scene in Renfield's apartment. Near the start of the film Dracula manipulates Renfield into helping him escape from a protection circle by telling him that he's the only one who cares about him and can help him, and Renfield narrates "I really, really thought he meant it this time". Dracula also tells multiple other characters he wants to work with them, when he really just wants to use them. Teddy attempts to convince Rebecca that her father was a coward. Renfield attends a support group in which codependent people discuss their experiences with narcissists. So yeah, this film has a LOT of gaslighting, and even more general manipulation.
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wellyfish
While Renfield and Dracula are not in a traditional relationship, their relationship is modeled after the dynamic of a DV relationship, including lovebombing, gaslighting, threats, coercion, manipulation, and emotional and physical abuse. The film also involved scenes in a support group where abusive relationship dynamics are described.
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AlleHufflepuff
This film is about taking power back from your abuser, not holding power over someone else.
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Addiction
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Rory_John14
There is a very brief moment early on in the film in which Teddy appears to snort a line of cocaine off his hand, in the car just after Apache Joe's head comes off. Someone throws a brick of cocaine into a police officer's face, so he may have ended up involuntarily inhaling some.
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Animal
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Rory_John14
Renfield eats insects throughout the film
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Is there a dead animal?
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Anonymous
Could someone add when and what?
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Does a pet die?
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Rory_John14
Renfield grabs a child's ant farm from him and eats some of the ants.
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Are there bugs?
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howdywrites
Bugs are a big part of this movie, so if this is an issue I don't suggest watching it
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
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Pyreiella
Some characters are drugged and restrained, taken to Dracula to eat. Renfield gets arrested. Dracula is technically restrained via a protection circle a few times.
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Is someone drugged?
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Pyreiella
Yes. Renfield uses Chloroform to knock people out.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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howdywrites
Knives are used
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Pyreiella
A finger is bitten off at the beginning of the movie is at least one of many.
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Is someone stabbed?
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oliviaam
Quite a few times.
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Is there cannibalism?
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howdywrites
Does a humanoid vampire eating people count?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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howdywrites
Several eyeball moments
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Is there body horror?
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howdywrites
Highly don't recommend watching if this is an issue
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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howdywrites
Someone chokes on their blood
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Does someone break a bone?
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howdywrites
So many broken bones.... So so many
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Are any hands damaged?
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IndigoBlue14
A guys hands are fully cut off.
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Is there amputation?
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RaidenNotRayden
YES YES YES. Arms are brutally chopped off at the elbow, ripped off at the shoulder and used as weapons, many instances of this.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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playfulnoise
Renfield rips Dracula’s teeth out.
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Is there decapitation?
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oliviaam
One of the first fight scenes includes Renfield punching someone’s head straight off.
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Children
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Death
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Does a non-human character die?
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howdywrites
Spoiler: dracula does
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Pyreiella
I wouldn’t necessarily say anyone sacrificed their lives. They willingly go to fight evil, knowing their lives are at risk, but they don’t die.
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a parent die?
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alextf
Mentions of a parent dying previously in the story, but not in the time span of the film
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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howdywrites
Not a toy necessarily, but a child's loved ant farm is broken and destroyed
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Does a family member die?
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AutumnLane
Temporarily.
Also there are mentions of already dead family members
Also there are mentions of already dead family members
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Fear
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howdywrites
A few, but the movie is mostly splatter/gore
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Is someone possessed?
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Pyreiella
Not necessarily possessed, just not fully in control of themselves. Renfield, for example, being the first servant of Dracula we see. Dracula is able to speak to him telepathically to a point it hurts.
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Gross
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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AlleHufflepuff
Yes, soiling, it’s quick and it’s for comedy, but damn it’s gross. If you want to avoid it, close your eyes for a few seconds when there is a smash cut to an x-ray of a skeleton.
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Does someone vomit?
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Toward the end of the movie a character kicks another in the stomach, causing blood to shoot out of their mouth and butt. Technically could be classified as v* but as someone who’s sensitive to this it was fine, it was ~2 seconds and looked very fake.
Look away when Renfield kicks a guy and it zooms in with a Mortal Kombat-esque X-ray
Look away when Renfield kicks a guy and it zooms in with a Mortal Kombat-esque X-ray
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there incarceration?
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AutumnLane
Not on-screen but it's definitely a repeating motif.
Early on a character is threatened with it.
A couple characters throughout the movie are arrested but are released or escape. In the penultimate scene, a woman is arrested and heavily implied to be sent to prison .
Early on a character is threatened with it.
A couple characters throughout the movie are arrested but are released or escape. In the penultimate scene, a woman is arrested and heavily implied to be sent to prison .
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Is there copaganda?
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AlleHufflepuff
Very much “ACAB except for this one, this one is special”
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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AutumnLane
Technically yes but it's barely a second long and only recognizable as such if you are very familiar with the 1931 Dracula movie
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Is there a hospital scene?
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howdywrites
Dracula lives in a defunct hospital but it's not operating and looks dilapidated
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Mental Health
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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AutumnLane
Not unless you count vampirism/vampirism-adjacent conditions
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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AlleHufflepuff
Renfield is in an abusive relationship, he reacts like an abuse victim when he is confronted by Dracula.
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playfulnoise
Dracula slits his wrists in order to give people his blood.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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howdywrites
During some of the fight scenes, yes
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Pyreiella
As an epileptic myself, I’d suggest turning away when they wind-up downstairs of the Lobos’ mansion and the lights go out. It’s right near the end of the movie. It starts to flash a bit and I had to cover my eyes for a short bit.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Rory_John14
There's loads of swearing throughout. According to IMDb: "57 uses of fuck, 22 uses of shit, 6 uses of ass"
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Paranoia
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Cassiman
Renfield talks to the audience
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Does an LGBT person die?
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AlleHufflepuff
Technically yes. One of the people in the support group is queer. SPOILERS: she dies but is then resurrected.
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Is there hate speech?
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AutumnLane
A hitman is criticized for having a racist name: "Apache Joe" but since he's a hitman no one is willing to complain about this to his face. He is killed by one of his intended victims within seconds of the criticism being issued.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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AutumnLane
The term "narcissist" is used interchangeably with "abuser"
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Rory_John14
Technically you could argue this, I guess. Renfield is over a hundred years old, and is interpreted by some as being romantically attracted to Rebecca. However they don't end up together within the film. Unless age gaps are extremely triggering to you, you should be fine.
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Rory_John14
No, but at one point Dracula asks for a busload of cheerleaders to eat and then defensively says "it's not a sexual thing"
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Pyreiella
I’d say the biggest theme was struggling with toxic relationships and clearly Renfield’s mental health is in a chronic state after serving Dracula for so long. But other than that, no.
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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howdywrites
Technically Renfield and Dracula are
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
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Is someone hit by a car?
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howdywrites
Someone's head hits a car but that's about it
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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Pyreiella
LOTS AND LOTS. If this is a trigger, DO NOT go see the movie. They did go a bit over the top with the amount of blood for comedic purposes, blood is consumed, Dracula slits his wrist and blood is shown dripping from it, in some parts Dracula is missing most his skin, etc.
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