Age Rating of Renfield: Parents Guide (7 Big Things)
Teens might be asking if they can see this one. The star power is there and Nicolas Cage as Dracula sounds perfect! But can they? What is the true age rating of Renfield? Can your kids watch this one? We’re covering the 7 big things parents need to know about the age rating for Renfield in this parents guide.
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About Renfield
In this modern monster tale of Dracula’s loyal servant, Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road, X-Men franchise) stars as Renfield, the tortured aide to history’s most narcissistic boss, Dracula (Oscar® winner Nicolas Cage).
Renfield is forced to procure his master’s prey and do his every bidding, no matter how debased.
But now, after centuries of servitude, Renfield is ready to see if there’s a life outside the shadow of The Prince of Darkness. If only he can figure out how to end his codependency.
Renfield Cast
Nicholas Hoult
Nicolas Cage
Awkwafina
Ben Schwartz
Adrian Martinez
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Age Rating of Renfield: Parents Guide (7 Big Things)
Can your kids watch this one? What is the age rating of Renfield?
This parent’s guide will help you decide if your family can handle the seven big issues with movies and shows: mature topics, gore, violence, language, sex, romance, and nudity. We’ll also give the age rating and age-appropriate recommendations.
Language
There’s a bit of language in this one.
Your teens will here:
- f@ck (variants)
- sh!t (variants)
- b!tch (variants)
- @ss (variants)
- tw@t
Age Rating of: Renfield: Is It Safe For Teens When It Comes To Sex, Romance, and Nudity?
There’s no sex or nudity in Renfield, though one character says he isn’t looking for certain people “in a sexual way.”
Violence and Gore: Is Renfield Too Scary For Kids Under 17?
The gore in this movie is comical, and the majority of it is not hyper-realistic, it’s very cartoon-y. So keep that in mind as we run down what happens from a gore/violence standpoint in Renfield:
- 3 mild jumpscares
- Character explodes
- Character is set on fire and burns alive
- Burnt skeleton shown
- Several characters knocked out by chloroform
- Knife fights
- Character cut across the middle with a knife (spilling his intestines out)
- Character stabbed in the neck with a pen
- Character’s head punched off of his body
- Character’s decapitated head rolls across ground
- Character stabbed in neck with fork
- Characters shot many times
- Characters get limbs cut/ripped off
- Skeleton gruesomely heals over the course of the movie
- Many characters slashed open
- One character bites another’s neck
- Character snaps neck
- Characters impaled by other character’s bone
- Character torn in half
- Character head crushed
- Character graphically has every bone in his body broken
Is Renfield Ok For Kids: Mature Topics
Drugs are a large theme throughout the movie, with the family dealing in cocaine.
Parents should be aware that drug use is featured in the film.
Age Rating of Renfield: What Ages Can Really Watch This One?
Renfield is Rated R for language, drug use, violence, blood and gore.
Parents Guide: Is Renfield Appropriate For Kids Under 17?
If your kids are watching scary movies like Scream or The Menu, then they should be able to handle Renfield.
It’s violent and gory, but also played in a campy way which may appeal to teens. We’d say that (with parent permission) kids 15 and up should be ok to watch Renfield.
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Patty Holliday is a parent movie reviewer, writer, and podcaster living in the Washington, DC area. Her goal is to bridge the gap between casual fandom and picky critic with parent movie and television reviews. As a lifelong fangirl and pop culture connoisseur, she’s been creating online since 2009. You can find her work at No-Guilt Disney.com, No-Guilt Fangirl.com, No-Guilt Life, and as host of the top-rated No-Guilt Disney Podcast.
