‘Children can be such monsters.’
Abigail is a 2024 horror film about criminals who kidnap a young girl only to discover she can turn into a fearsome creature.
Plot:
After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the twelve-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…
From Radio Silence—the directing team of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett behind the terrifying modern horror hits Ready or Not, 2022’s Scream and last year’s Scream VI—comes a brash, blood-thirsty new vision of the vampire flick, written by Stephen Shields (The Hole in the Ground; Zombie Bashers) and Guy Busick (Scream franchise, Ready or Not).
Abigail stars Melissa Barrera (Scream franchise, In the Heights), Dan Stevens (Gaslit, Legion), Kathryn Newton (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Freaky), William Catlett (Black Lightning, True Story), Kevin Durand (Resident Evil: Retribution, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) and Angus Cloud (Euphoria, North Hollywood) as the kidnappers and Alisha Weir (Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, Darklands) as Abigail.
Produced by William Sherak (Scream franchise, Ready or Not), Paul Neinstein (Scream franchise; executive producer, The Night Agent) and James Vanderbilt (Zodiac, Scream franchise) for Project X Entertainment, by Tripp Vinson (Ready or Not, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island) and by Radio Silence’s Chad Vilella (executive producer Ready or Not and Scream franchise). The executive producers are Ron Lynch and Macdara Kelleher.
Release:
In the UK and the US, Universal will release Abigail theatrically on Friday, April 19, 2024. The movie is rated ‘R’ for its splattery violence, “pervasive language and brief drug use.”
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TL;DR Movie Reviews and Analysis
Cast and characters:
Melissa Barrera … Joey; Dan Stevens … Frank; Alisha Weir … Abigail; William Catlett … Rickles; Kathryn Newton … Sammy; Kevin Durand … Peter; Angus Cloud … Dean; Giancarlo Esposito … Lambert; Matthew Goode … Father
Technical specs:
1 hour 49 minutes
Aspect ratio: 2.41: 1
Notes:
This film should not be confused with the 2023 teen revenge thriller Abigail.
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