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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Renfield And What's Making Us Happy

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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4.511.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

The new horror comedy Renfield is about Count Dracula's long-suffering servant. Renfield (Nicholas Hoult) is trapped in a toxic relationship with his narcissistic boss Dracula (Nicholas Cage). So he sets out to free himself from the vampire's thrall, with the help of group therapy, inspirational posters, and friendly police officer (Awkwafina).

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In the new very bloody horror comedy, Rend Field, Nicholas Holt plays Count Dracula's

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long-suffering servant trapped in a toxic relationship with his narcissistic boss.

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He sets on to free himself from the vampires through all with the help of group therapy,

0:18.8

inspirational posters, a friendly police officer, and eating lots and lots of bugs which gives

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him superpowers.

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It won't be easy because his boss, Count Dracula, is played by one Nicholas Cage.

0:29.8

There's a lot of blood, body parts, co-dependency jokes, and of course, at the center of it all,

0:34.8

an extremely dialed-in Nick Cage going full ham as he is his want.

0:39.8

I'm Glenn Weldon and today we're talking about Rend Field on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

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Joining me today is Waelin Wong.

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She's co-host of NPR's Daily Economics Podcast, the indicator from Planet Money.

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Hey Waelin.

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Hello.

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And also joining us is Vulture TV critic Roxana Haddaddy.

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Welcome back, Roxana.

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Thank you.

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Glad to have you.

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And rounding out the panel is Jordan Morris.

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He's a podcaster and the co-writer of the Double Eisner Award nominee, Graphic Novel Bubble

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Welcome Jordan.

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I agree to be here.

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Great to have you.

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