A character in Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

Renfield quotes from Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

Peter MacNicol

2nd most-quoted character in Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995): in 10 of its 35 quotes
Most scenes with: Dr. Seward (2)

A line from Renfield [upon seeing two voluptuous vampire women - one rubbing a table seductively, the other rubbing the bedpost seductively]

My God! What are you doing to the furniture?

More lines from Renfield

4 quotes
Renfield
[as the vampire women are seducing Renfield]

No, this is wrong. This is wrong! This is wrong, you hear me? Wrong! This is ... Wrong me! Wrong me! Wrong my brains out!

Renfield

I didn't see anything! I didn't see anything [guard locks door] I saw everything! [cackles]

Renfield
[upon hearing Dr. Seward's instruction to the guard: "Take him back to his cell and give him a you-know-what!"]

No! No! Not another enema!

Scenes with Renfield

5 scenes
Renfield

Yes, I'm schh-eduled to meet Count Dracula.

Villager #1
[horrified]

Dracula!

Villager #2
[horrified]

Dracula!

Villager #3
[horrified]

Dracula!

Villager #4

...Schh-eduled?

Renfield, you were having a nightmare.

Renfield

A nightmare? But it was so real, so vivid. Two voluptuous women, heaving and grinding. How to describe it? [pause] Have you ever been to Paris?

[Renfield is having breakfast with Dr. Seward. He sees a bug on the table and eats it]

I was just telling Ma—what was that?

Renfield

Huh?

You just grabbed something from the table.

Renfield

I did not.

Yes you did, I saw you, you put it in your mouth. I think it was an insect.

Renfield
[thinks of an alibi]

Oh, that was a raspberry.

Raspberry? We're not serving raspberries.

Renfield

Then it must have been a raisin. I guess it fell off the muffin. See? There's one missing.

[The two men laugh. Renfield sees a spider coming towards him, and he quickly eats it up]

How silly of me! It must have been my imagin—there, you did it again!

Renfield

Huh?

You just put a bug in your mouth. I think it was a spider!

Renfield

I did not.

Yes, you did.

Renfield

I did not.

Yes, you did.

Renfield

I did not.

[shouts]

I tell you I saw you snatch a spider right out of the air and eat it!

Renfield

A spider?

Renfield
[Swallows the spider in his mouth]

How absurd!

Renfield
[A grasshopper jumps onto the patio. He intentionally throws his fork]

Oh! Dropped my fork! [gets on all fours and scrambles under the table for the insect]

Mr. Renfield, what are you doing down there? This is most unseemly!

Renfield

Fork found! [Comes back up] Sorry for the delay.

[The grasshopper's leg is sticking out of Renfield's mouth, and wriggling about]

My God, man! You're eating insects right from the ground!

Renfield

...What makes you say that?

I can see one trying to get out of your mouth!

Renfield

Out of my mouth?

Yes, out of your mouth! Your very own mouth and it's wriggling about!

Renfield

Don't be ridiculous! Wriggling!

I'm not ridiculous at all! It's wriggling all over the place! The poor thing, it's fighting for its life!

Renfield
[Renfield eyes the grasshopper's leg, which has fallen from his mouth and quickly scoops it up]

I don't know what you're talking about. If you insist on ranting like this, I'm going to leave!

Me, ranting? You're the ranter!

Renfield
[Renfield spots a fly] [to the fly]

Hello, little darling!

Renfield
[Grabs the air in attempt to catch the fly]

Don't be afraid!

Renfield
[Laughs in a strange tone]

I won't hurt you! All I want is your life!

[Renfield does a body slam across Dr. Seward's lap, and knocks everything off the table. Renfield is soon grabbed by two asylum attendants.]

That's it! Put him in a straight jacket and give him an enema! Wait! Wait, wait... Give him the enema FIRST. THEN put him in a straight jacket.

Martin
[throwing Renfield back into his cell]

You'll stay here 'til you rot!

Martin
[locks door] [Renfield starts sobbing and Martin comes in a second later]

Well, you're free to go!

Renfield

Free to go? Why? How?

Martin

Good behavior.

Renfield

But I've only been in here for a moment.

Martin

Well, for that moment, your behavior was very good.

Renfield

uh...

Martin

Let's go. [hurling Renfield out of his cell]

Your master is gone forever Mr. Renfield. You are your own man now.

Renfield

I am...?

Yes. No one can ever control you again.

Renfield
[straightening up, smiling]

You're right!

Good. Come, Renfield!

Renfield
[hunching down again, walking after Dr. Seward]

Yes, master...!

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