Abigail
Summary
Melissa Barrera ’s latest blood - soaked horror vehicle , Abigail , replicate the most viral moment from a different scary motion picture ( but it ’s missing the winking self - awareness ) . Helmed by Barrera’sScreamdirectors Matt Bettinelli - Olpin and Tyler Gillett , Abigailis a reimagining ofDracula ’s Daughterthat sees a band of criminals abduct a 12 - year - old danseuse and slowly fare to the realization that she ’s a bloody-minded vampire . All the criminals ’ aliases are taken from members of the Rat Pack – Frank , Dean , Sammy , etc . – and Barrera plays Joey , a former Army medick and recoup drug addict ( and arguably the most appealing of the kidnappers ) .
Abigailhas a fate of play with its premise of trap a clump of bad people in a spooky sign of the zodiac with a seemingly free little missy who ’s actually a terrifying demon . The conceit of a repugnance scoundrel who expect like a sweet , harmless minor but is actually a cold - blooded orca isreminiscent ofM3GAN , the 2023 horror attain about a child - raise A.I. doll who depart on a killing spree . And this conceit is n’t the only parallel betweenAbigailandM3GAN ; the former adopt the latter ’s most viral mo , too .
Abigail Dances To Taunt Her Victims Just Like M3GAN
M3GANwent viral due to a scene in which the titular killer golem does a dancing before hacking someone to expiry in a hallway . This scene instantly became iconic and even started a popular TikTok trend as TikTok user would recreate M3GAN ’s terpsichore for views . In the picture , M3GAN ’s dancing serves the sadistic purpose of taunting her lost victims before she kill them . It ’s slenderly unnerving while still feeding into the overall ingroup tone of the picture show . Abigailuses dance in a similar way .
The eponymic undead ballerina inAbigailalso trip the light fantastic to rag her victims before killing them . The only departure is that , while M3GAN uses a more modern TikTok - style of dance , Abigail does classical ballet . Abigailuses composing fromSwan Laketo underline its villain ’s creepy dancing . Abigail incorporates ballet into the chase sequence as she scarper after her snatcher and prepares to dispatch them .
Abigail Missed The Brilliance Of M3GAN’s Dancing
While bothAbigailandM3GANuse dance to spruce up their murder scenes , Abigailmisses what madeM3GAN ’s dance scene so big . M3GANused a pre - murder saltation to lean more into its fun toneand emphasize the campness of the filmmakers ’ vision . WhereasAbigailis a revulsion clowning on the whole , and there ’s plenty of humor in the film , the ballet shot are n’t play for laugh likeM3GAN ’s viral TikTok dance .
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Cast
Abigail is a 2024 horror thriller lead by Matt Bettinelli - Olpin and Tyler Gillett . The plot follows a radical of the great unwashed who kidnap the girl of a grave crime lord only to find that the little little girl is actually a cruel lamia out for ancestry . Alisha Weir stars as the nominal character alongside Kathryn Newton , Melissa Barrera , and Dan Stevens .
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Abigail is a 2024 horror thriller directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. The plot follows a group of people who kidnap the daughter of a dangerous crime lord only to discover that the little girl is actually a vicious vampire out for blood. Alisha Weir stars as the titular character alongside Kathryn Newton, Melissa Barrera, and Dan Stevens.
