Renfield could have been the perfect horror comedy, but it's 90 percent a total disaster.

Renfield, a film starring Nicolas Cage as Dracula and Nicholas Hoult as Renfield, promised to be a promising horror comedy. The premise sounded promising: Renfield wants to quit his job as Dracula's employee and is trying to escape his master via a support group. Unfortunately, the film did not live up to expectations.

The chemistry between Nicolas Cage and Nicholas Hoult is quite entertaining in the few scenes in which they interact. Cage's portrayal of Dracula trying to manipulate Renfield is compelling. Hoult, in turn, tries to reinvent himself as a positive and life-affirming person while secretly moving into a colorful apartment. These scenes are funny and offer conflicts that are both entertaining and painful.

Unfortunately, these scenes only make up about 15 minutes of the entire film, which has a running time of 93 minutes. The remainder of the film is filled with a subplot revolving around a drug gang in New Orleans. However, this plot is uninteresting and is dominated by wooden dialogue and silly action sequences.

The characters have little motivation and their actions are largely unfounded. The story fails to create moral ambiguity or despair and leaves viewers uninvolved. Rather than being trash comedy that celebrates its trash status, Renfield tries and fails to be overly funny. The film feels long and uninspired, and the forced jokes don't resonate with viewers.

Overall, Renfield is a missed opportunity. While there are some entertaining scenes between Cage and Hoult, the rest of the film is dominated by a boring subplot that offers viewers little. The film failed to live up to its potential as a comedy horror and remains largely disappointing.