Abigail
After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl.
- Released:
- Runtime: 109 minutes
- Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thrillers
- Stars: Melissa Barrera, Alisha Weir, Dan Stevens, Angus Cloud, Kathryn Newton, William Catlett, Kevin Durand, Giancarlo Esposito, Matthew Goode
- Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Comments
- lucvang16 - 29 June 2024
This video has no inspiration at all
This video has no inspiration at all, I don't understand where they ever got the money together to make this movie.
The film has no substance and is just filled with a huge amount of Wtf and Stfu, that it starts to bother me enormously over time.
Mindless movie and waste of time, anyone can make a movie like this if you have the money, you even ask who ever invested in this picture.
I don't know if screaming wtf, stfu is a new fad, I'm not a moral knight, but there are limits.
For me one of the worst horror movies I have seen in a long time, nowadays they try to sell the audience a movie with a trailer and they succeeded, it's a shame I wasted my time on this. - grim2005 - 17 June 2024
Exactly What You'd Expect
It's a pretty standard R-rated horror, full of blood and tense moments, but does nothing surprising storywise. That said, the choice of antagonist does make it a slightly more interesting watch.
The best way to experience this movie would be to go in blind, including avoiding the trailer. Doing this is still not going to wow you, but, if you don't manage to guess the (very obvious) twist, you'll probably get even more out of the watch.
But if you're still not sure about it, give the trailer a watch. If it looks like your sort of thing then it probably will be. As the review of the title says, it's exactly what you'd expect. - claudio_carvalho - 10 June 2024
Surprisingly Good Vampire Movie
A six-member-crew kidnaps the twelve-year-old ballerina Abigail (Alisha Weir) from her home and brings her to an isolated old mansion, expecting to receive a fifty-million-dollar ransom from her wealthy father. The abduction was organized by the mastermind Lambert (Giancarlo Esposito) and the identity of the father and the crew members are unknown by each other except Lambert. While in the mansion, he gives names to each kidnapper, and they are the former military addicted medic Joey (Melissa Barrera); the former corrupt detective Frank (Dan Stevens); the former military sniper Rickles (Will Catlett); the hacker and wealthy daughter that embezzled her family money Sammy (Kathryn Newton); the dumb mobster bodyguard Peter (Kevin Durand); and the reckless sociopath and getaway driver Dean (Angus Cloud). The masked Joey is the contact with Abigail, and she promises that nobody will hurt her. She also removes her blindfold and moves her handcuff from her back to make the girl more comfortable. When Dean is found with a severed head in the kitchen, Frank goes to Abigail's room without mask and asks her who her father is. He learns that he is the dangerous crime lord Kristof Lazaar (Matthew Goode) and certainly his notorious cruel right-hand Valdez has found Dean. Frank decides to leave the group, but soon they find that they are trapped inside the mansion. Further some evil creature is hunting them down.
"Abigail" (2024) is a surprisingly good vampire movie. The beginning indicated that this film would be a thriller or a crime genre, but there is an early plot point, and the movie changes its genre to a gore vampire and dark comedy genre. The cast is great, but the gorgeous Mexican Melissa Barrera and the girl Alisha Weir have great performances. Angus Cloud died of overdose after shooting his scenes and "Abigail" is one of his last works. The special effects are great and it is funny to see the vampires exploding and spreading gore everywhere. The conclusion is adequate to the story. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Abigail" - pazu7 - 4 June 2024
Vampires aren't scary anymore.
This film was a bit better than 'meh', but not much. It started off pretty good actually but after Abigail's reveal it just goes over the top and gets rather stupid in some places. But it did make me realize something general about the genre': vampires just aren't scary anymore. I guess that depends on who is making the film but in general vampires have become either gory or sexy but not really frightening. I had the same feeling when I was watching the "Interview..." series. Not to go off topic here, but I thought season 1 was really good in the re-framing of the novel lore. I enjoyed it. But season 2 is actually kinda boring. Then I realized that an old saying applies here: 'familiarity breeds contempt'. In this case familiarity isn't scary. The power of the vampire lies in their mystique; in their supernatural qualities. There more we learn about them the more 'natural' they become; the less mysterious they are and hence the less scary. And there's really nothing mysterious about Abigail either. It's a competent action film with a lot of gore and comically neo-generic vampires. I didn't hate it but there was no horror in the film, just over the top gore and undead people with big fangs and super powers. It was ok for romp but nothing was scary. It'd be fun to see some scary vampires again someday.
