Dwight Frye is hardly a household name, but the character actor left his mark on Universal horror movies of the 1930s, including his portrayal of Dracula’s maniacal henchman in the Bela Legosi ...

At least that’s how it goes in the 1931 horror classic “Dracula,” in which Renfield, played by the ineffable Dwight Frye, begins as a mild-mannered real-estate agent and is transformed into ...

In the modern world, Hoult never goes for an imitation of original Renfield actor Dwight Frye so eschews the original character’s madness for more sadness and desperation.

It is difficult to imagine audiences ever found Dwight Frye scary in 1931, but they apparently did. With his high-strung voice and bug-eyed stare—all suggesting the countenance of someone who ...

Hoult does an impressive Dwight Frye as Renfield impression, including that crazy laugh, in these sequences (and occasionally throughout the movie). Nicolas Cage mimics the elegant Bela Lugosi in the ...

In flashbacks riffing on Todd Browning’s groundbreaking 1931 classic “Dracula,” we see realtor Renfield, who was played by the great Dwight Frye in the Browning film, arrive at Castle ...

Cage and Hoult are digitally inserted into the footage, replacing Bela Lugosi and the great Dwight Frye, and it’s a total kick. You find yourself waiting to see if Zelig will make an appearance.

Nicholas Hoult in the title roll looks to break with demanding boss Dracula played by Nicolas Cage in amusing, if bloody, new take on the classic.

Dwight Frye is hardly a household name, but the character actor left his mark on Universal horror movies of the 1930s, including his portrayal of Dracula's maniacal henchman in the Bela Legosi ...