THE VAMPIRE BALLERINA ABIGAIL

Even at the beginning of the silent film era, horror dominated the storytelling. Films like Le Manoir du Diable (1896) or Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1910) made people shudder in horror in the cinemas. There were many monsters, sometimes more, sometimes less terrible. But one horror figure has dominated the horror genre for over a hundred years: the vampire. Vampires have always played a role from Friederich Wilhelm Murnau’s Nosferatu (1920) to Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) to the Twilight series. But there has never been a vampire ballerina. Until now, because she is here: Abigail.

The vampire films made many actors superstars, such as Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and Brad Pitt. Already in 1967, there was a gay vampire in Roman Polanski’s Dance of the Vampires. In 1996, a vampire stripper seduced Quentin Tarantino. And in Interview with the Vampire, it wasn’t just Brad Pitt who finally became a big superstar. As is so often the case, Tom Cruise was completely underestimated. Because he plays the oldest and insidious vampire Lestat in an incredibly fascinating way. But there has never been a vampire ballerina-like Abigail.

The ABIGAIL Story: Children Can Be Such Monster

A gang of would-be criminals learn this extremely painful lesson firsthand when they kidnap Abigail, the twelve-year-old daughter of a powerful underworld boss.

This job seems like child’s play for the ambitious semi-criminals: They kidnap the little ballerina, guard her overnight in a remote mansion, and collect a whopping $50 million ransom as a reward. So far, so good. But as always, when something sounds too easy… the tide turns quickly. And so one kidnapper after the other disappears into the dark corridors of the house.

With increasing horror, the group realizes that their hostage is far from a harmless girl, but rather a relentless hunter who likes to play with her meal…

THE ABIGAIL DIRECTORS

The directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, known as Radio Silence, have already proven themselves as absolute masters of the genre in their terrifying modern horror hits such as Scream or Scream VI. With Ready or Not they went one better, combining bloody splatter with brilliant comedy, presented by the wonderful Australian Samara Weaving.

In Abigail, based on the script by Stephen Shields (The Hole in the Ground, Zombie Bashers) and Guy Busick (Scream franchise, Ready or Not), they unleash a daring and blood-soaked new vision of the vampire film that captivates us with ice-cold horror.

THE CAST

One of Abigail’s kidnappers is played by Mexican Melissa Barrera (Scream franchise, In the Heights).

Dan Stevens (Gaslit, Legion), and Kathryn Newton (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Freaky) play the other kidnappers.

Dan Stevens (Gaslit, Legion), and Kathryn Newton (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Freaky) play the other kidnappers. We also see William Catlett (Black Lightning, True Story) and Kevin Durand (Resident Evil: Retribution, X-Men Origins: Wolverine).

Angus Cloud (Euphoria, North Hollywood) unfortunately appears in his last role despite his youth. Just a week after his father’s funeral, the 25-year-old actor was found dead in his parents’ home almost a year ago. He died due to a drug cocktail.

But we almost forgot the main actress, the sweet Alisha Weir (Roald Dahl’s Matilda – The Musical, Darklands). Aged just 12, she impresses us as the bloodthirsty vampire ballerina, Abigail. But at least the little vampire lady feels sorry for her actions here and there. A bit 😊.