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Abigail is awesome. It's creepy, fun, thrilling and surprisingly funny. I enjoyed the tone and the music. The fantastic cast plays distinct and memorable characters, with standouts being Melissa Barrera and Dan Stevens. The horror elements are (in Billy Butcher's voice) diabolical. The movie overall is so far from traditional horror flicks and I wish more would go this route instead of the generic movies Hollywood pumps out.

The most important thing I can tell you is to try going into this movie knowing as little as possible. Definitely don't watch the trailer. It gives away so much and shows all the best parts. Even for someone like me who doesn't watch trailers, every poster and advertisement blatantly shows something that you don't find out until halfway through.

I'll rant about this more in the spoilers section, but whoever is in charge of marketing has no shame. They will hurt the movie for thousands of viewers in hopes of selling more tickets. They are a scourge on the industry.

Even if you have seen the trailers, Abigail is still a HIGHLY entertaining movie that I recommend to everyone.

(1 viewing, opening Thursday UltraScreen 4/18/2024)

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You should only read this section if you have seen the trailer or the movie. There is CLEAR intent by the filmmakers to hide the fact that Abigail is a vampire and is the threat they're worried about. They spend the first half wondering who her father is and who he sent to kill them. They start questioning if it could possibly be one of them.

All of this mystery is ruined by the trailers and posters. I already knew she's some kind of monster. I spent much of the first half just waiting to get to the part where she starts killing. It was still enjoyable, but I would have been enthralled with the mystery, wondering and guessing what was happening and who the bad guy was. I would have enjoyed it even more.

The scene (shown in the trailer) where she reveals she's a vampire, would have, to the full extent of the expression, blown my mind. It would have been one of the most memorable moments of any movie I've seen. The advertising company stole that moment from me and so many others. All so they could make some extra money.

But I bet it would have been more profitable if they left it as a surprise. Not only would there be less people annoyed as they wait for the movie to "get going" since they already know what's coming. But word of mouth due to that massive reveal would have been huge.

They could have advertised this as a mystery, showing them being hunted and arguing over who it could be. It would have been highly intriguing without giving much away. But no, they cater to the casuals to sell a few extra tickets, while ruining it for the loyal horror fans who were going to see it regardless.

I wish there was some accountability for whoever is making these trailers. If it was up to me they would all be fired.

If like me, you were underwhelmed by M3gan and thought it was far too tame and mild, this is the movie for you. This is what a movie about a young girl killer should be.

Okay, be prepared for gore in "Abigail." It's not for the faint of heart, but somehow that didn't stop me from being totally into this movie. It's one of those films where you're kind of horrified but also weirdly fascinated.

The atmosphere is fantastic. They definitely nailed the whole creepy, isolated mansion thing, which just added to the tension. It constantly had me on edge, always wondering what was going to jump out next.

The acting wasn't groundbreaking, but it was good enough to keep me invested. And honestly, the real star of this movie is the little girl who plays Abigail. She's got this unsettling mix of innocence and pure creepiness that works so well for the character.

If you're a fan of horror movies that are a little out there, and you don't mind some serious blood and guts, you might just be surprised by how much fun "Abigail" is.

The trailer for this movie drew me in right away when I watched it a few months ago. A group of criminals kipnap a child for ransom and it turns out she's a vampire?! Who wouldn't wanna see that film. This movie is as crazy and bloody as it appears in the trailer with some good twists along the way. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet did a great job with this one, I really like their style of filmmaking. If you liked some of their other movies like Ready Or Not and Scream 5 & 6, you'll most likely enjoy this one. Melissa Barrera and Kathryn Newton stood out in this film and did a wonderful job. RIP Angus Cloud, every movie and show I've seen of his he was great like Euphoria and Your Lucky Day, it's so tragic what happened and I wish we could've seen what his career would've looked like, he was just getting started. I recommend seeing this movie in a theatre to get the full effect. If you want a fun night at the movies, go check out this awesome bloody horror vampire flick!

"Abigail," a 2024 release, offers a delightfully fresh twist on the thriller genre, mixing humor with horror in a way that keeps you glued to the screen. The story kicks off with a straightforward kidnapping: a group of would-be criminals attempt to hold the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure for a $50 million ransom. The plan? Simply watch her overnight in an isolated mansion. But the plot thickens as the captors start to disappear one by one, and they soon realize they're not dealing with any ordinary girl.

The film's standout is undoubtedly Alisha Weir, who plays the young Abigail with an eerie brilliance that steals every scene. Her ability to oscillate between charming innocence and unsettling menace adds a riveting layer to the film. The humor is spot on-dark yet uproarious, enhancing the campy, gory sequences that fill the movie, making them more entertaining than terrifying. The chemistry among the cast is palpable, making every interaction a blend of suspense and comedy. "Abigail" is also bittersweet as it features the final performance of Angus Cloud, whose presence is a poignant reminder of his talent. Fast-paced and packed with moments that will have you both laughing and gasping, "Abigail" is a true crowd-pleaser from start to finish.

So, having only seen a few previews for this, I was sort of half & half as to whether this would be any good or not.

The film sees a group of criminals who kidnap the ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure. With the promise of £7 Million each for babysitting the girl until her father pays up, they retreat to an isolated mansion, unaware that they're locked inside with no normal little girl. It is then the true horror of what is going on quickly unfolds into a deadly bloodbath of survival.

I found the film to be pretty good. But pretty weird & out there too. It's got an ok story line & a sort of unique concept. It's gory, very very, very gory! So, not for the faint hearted! It's not necessarily graphic as such in terms of guts & innards, but there is plenty of blood splashing gore which was a plus for me!

There's plenty of familiar actors here, so that's good & they do well with their respective roles. There's some scary visuals & horrific scenes too as well as some good scoring by Bryan Tyler. With some good eye candy & humour added in for good measure, the film is pretty watchable.

The films pacing is good until the end where it does get annoying slow & dragging like. The runtime isn't bad at 1 hour & 45 minutes (105 minutes), but could've had a good 10 - 15 minutes shaved off to make it faster paced.

I also found the excessive screaming & sound to be deafening too! I mean, we get it, she's a vampire, but does she have to scream that much!? & also, does it have to be so deafeningly loud!? As with the editing & pacing, that was also an issue that could've been fixed!

Try to make the sound not so punishing on your audiences ears next time ok!? Jeez! Anyway, aside from that the film was good & had an alright but annoying ending... another female soul survivor ending, of course that & she was bitten by a vampire so not quite the survival happy ending I guess.

Overall, it's a good film, but not amazing & could've used some work! I'd give it a watch, but it's pretty overrated for what it is if you ask me! It's a mixed bag of a film...

6/10.

Watched it in advance screening. It was a fun ride and something refreshing after few stale slicks. Lead child actor totally owned the role. The way she portrayed little vampire was chilling to the core. She was like a chameleon who convinced the viewers of her innocence at one point and instantly turns to someone very evil. Melissa is always a treat to watch on screen. Few of the goofy lines were there to add some comic garnishing.

Movie did not waste much time and jumped directly to the plot and that was a daring step from the director. The movie is an awesome package to watch. It will get you stuck to your chairs till the credit roll.

A good Movie which we missed lately well made Horror movie, I can give credit to the director also Alisha Weir as she made the role seems professional and excited

I just saw that: they run full day (from Night to the next night) with a very few incident Frank says it is 3AM then fighting Abigail in the basement which didn't consume much actual time then in few moment they meet in the library hall with sun light of course Sammy section during the day time but still too short to consider several hours passes to return then to the discover behind the library then back to the library hall after killing Lambert with night time.

Abigail was a great, fun movie for anyone looking for something combining horror, action, and comedy. While I do wish the marketing had not revealed that Abigail was a vampire, the movie still had great pacing on revealing that to the other characters in the film.

There were only some vampire tropes, and nods towards overused ones that didn't apply to the rules of this universe's vampire, which felt very needed from a genre so saturated as this one.

The acting was phenomenal all around, every character was played extremely well, especially the roles of Frank, Abigail, and Sammy.

Lastly, big shout out to Angus Cloud, rest in piece to a very talented actor who is already sorely missed.

To sum it up, this movie had me on the edge of my seat, heart racing, jaw dropped, and laughing throughout its entirety. It was probably the most fun I've had watching a movie so far this year. 8/10.

Intriguing and enticing premise; a group profession criminals are looking to make a quick but huge buck when they kidnap the daughter of a powerful figure. Things take a disastrous turn when they group are enlightened to the fact that have taken the vampire daughter of the biggest crime bosses to rule the world. The group are slowly picked off one by one by the tutu wearing Abigail (Weir) as she giggles, pirouettes and jetas her way through the isolated mansion.

Radio Silence have already proved themselves to be two insightful young filmmakers who truly have their fingers in the pulse of the horror genre (Ready or Not, V/H/S and the rebooted Scream films which also see Melissa Barrera as the lead). They have taken the motif of vampires and created a fresh new perspective that remains in keeping with all previous iterations that we have seen in the past.

A terrific blend of satirically comedy that is perfectly placed and the gore that has both purpose and substance through which I can't help but be reminded of Wes Craven, this film takes its audience on a fantastically gruesome ride. The beginning is a little slow, with the characters all being established to allow for the audience to care for them when they finally do bite it, but as soon as the action sequences begin they don't really stop. It's really just one turn after the other.

I highly recommend this horror film for people to see, and even though the fact that Abigail is a vampire is given away in the trailers, I really don't think it's detracts from the overall enjoyment of the film.

In Abigail, a gang of desperate criminals kidnap a young girl unaware that their seemingly helpless ballerina hostage is in fact a savage vampire; it's the latest film from Radio Silence directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, the guys who gave us Ready or Not and the last couple of Scream movies, and like those films, I thought that Abigail was simply average.

It aims to be a brainless popcorn horror, mixing laughs with the scares; brainless it most certainly is, but unfortunately the film is neither funny enough nor scary enough. And with the trailer having shown us most of the good bits, there are very few surprises to be had. It's a harmless enough way to kill a couple of hours, I suppose, and the occasional excess of splattery gore is enjoyable, but I had hoped to like the film a lot more than I did.

5.5/10, generously rounded up to 6 for Melissa Barrera, who deserves better than this.

This could have had a great twist if it didn't tell you in the trailer that Abigail is the bloodthirsty vampire killing everyone. Instead the first bit of the movie is trying to make you guess who is the "undercover" one, who is in the house, but it's just Abigail the entire time.....like the trailer said. Okay? Waste of a fruitless plot point.

The "everybody makes horrible decisions!" cliche.

Let's split up while we're being picked off!

Let's continue to split up.

Let's split up until there's only 2 of us left. Clearly this is working for us.

Lambert is a last ditch plot twist. "Hey, I know I could have just said this from beginning and done this in a way that would have been over in a seconds, and I ALSO know I'm the one in the control and I could just open a window at any point in time killing Abigail, but I thought it would be best to wait until almost all of you are dead, then ask the person I lured in here for help. At night. I want to just fight her 2v1, though we could've just killed her during one of the times she was drugged into sleep, or opened the window when it was daytime, but this is much more dramatic for the sake of the movie!!"

"I'm glasses guy, and I suddenly for unknown reasons hate joey now that I'm a vampire, I failed to kill Abigail, she told me where I went wrong, then I failed again! LOL! So I can make Joey a puppet! That I also fail at. I couldn't be a worse last ditch villain than if I were Dr. Drakken from Kim Possible explaining my entire plan to my enemies!"

Also I'm tired of regular humans being beaten, stabbed, impaled, thrown through furniture, slammed into walls, and they just walk it off like nothing happened. The last fight scene was so agonizingly bad and long, I was actually getting kind of annoyed in the theatre. The drama of the violence loses all meaning when regular people just won't die from literally anything.

Stabbed? Ah well.

Impaled? Pull that sucker out and keep going! You'll barely even bleed. We save the buckets of blood for stupid scenes, like getting turned into a vampire over the course of 20 seconds for the projectile vomiting.

Broken bones? Doesn't happen in hollywood lala land.

I'm begging someone out there to make a good horror movie.

The movie is an interesting take on Dracula films. The begging was interesting and kept me entertained, but after that it was just meh. Not much people haven't seen in other horror movies. It didn't give me the jump scare that I thought it would. If you pay close attention, the plot begins to start to become more and more predictable. Not much more after the 30 minutes into the movie keeps you engaged. Also, do not watch the trailers due to the fact that they reveal a lot of the movie. All in all this movie was fine. Not my top pick. I would recommend a lot more horror movies before seeing this movie.