The reason cameos are so fun is because it's typically always a genuine surprise to the audience when an unexpected actor pops into a movie for a couple minutes, and Renfield is the latest film to capitalize on this concept. Director Chris McKay’s 2023 movie schedule entry was able to deliver on this delightful concept, because it landed two actors from prime ‘80s horror movies. And of course, one of them was total vampire royalty, as McKay drafted an O.G. Fright Night star for a hysterically appropriate appearance.
It’s not exactly a spoiler to say that William Ragsdale, the original Charley Brewster himself, gets to fight Nicolas Cage’s razor fanged Count Dracula in Renfield. One need not look further than the Renfield trailer, which actually includes a version of his appearance in the Universal movie, to see that Ragsdale plays a character credited as “Older Priest.” That's right '80s kids, Charley has faith in that cross this time out...and it still doesn't save him.
