Renfield director Chris McKay is pretty adamant that the Nicolas Cage-led horror comedy is "the only direct sequel" to Tod Browning's Dracula, which was released way back in 1931. So much so in fact, that he tried to convince the marketing team to advertise the movie as such – but it didn't bite.
"I guess you could argue Dracula's Daughter is a sequel because the opening scene is the aftermath of the Tod Browning movie, but Bela Lugosi's not in it, it's a whole different set of characters," the filmmaker explained in a new interview with Collider. "It's a great movie, it's wild if you haven't seen it. But to me, this is the only real direct sequel with the Dracula and the Renfield of that movie.
