Abigail movie review Vampire girl in captivity!

What happens if a group of people are trapped in the same house with a vampire? the movie Abigail wants to answer this question.

After directing Ready or Not, Scream and Scream VI, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillette have now turned to a film based on the story of Dracula's Daughter. A new monster movie from Universal that is a story It follows a group of kidnappers who capture the daughter of a powerful figure and must take care of her, until Abigail reveals her true nature as a child vampire and hunts them down one by one.

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Abigail opens with a kidnapping where a group is hired by a mysterious person to kidnap a ballet dancer and keep her for a day. Everything seems normal at first and there is no problem, but the story gradually becomes mysterious and strange when the identity of Abigail's father is revealed. She is the daughter of a dangerous criminal, and now with the death of the first member of the group, it seems that she has sent her own killer in time for the group, but what is the story?

Since the filmmakers have already revealed Abigail's identity, it shouldn't come as a surprise that the girl is a vampire. But if you go to the movie unannounced, it can be a pleasant surprise. In fact, this could have been an interesting surprise in the film, and the makers did not use it. Instead, they tried to turn the movie into a slasher film where the gang members are like prey to escape from Abigail.

The movie Abigail has a very similar process to the movie Ready or Not and even in the ending it has followed the same path

Although at the beginning of the movie, we feel that we are going to see a completely different work, but soon we realize that the movie is going to have a similar process to the movie Ready or Not, which takes place in a historical and mysterious mansion, and in those mysterious places and There is also a lot of horror. But there is a big difference here, and that is that, unlike the movie Ready or Not, here, except for one character, the others are the prey and have to fight for survival, and the prey has been replaced by the prey and the hunters have been replaced by the hunter.

Another point that can be seen in contrast to the film's advertisement is that Abigail's film is not a horror comedy film at all and is more of a slasher and monster horror film, which seems a little strange because Universal has shown a different advertisement from the film. In any case, these differences do not make us feel like we are watching a repeated movie, only the actors are different, and despite the similarities, the movie presents its own independent character throughout the movie.

The whole story of Abigail is like a cat and mouse game where the victims have to find a way to save their lives. One of the notable points of the film is that the film has tried to avoid some common stereotypes as much as possible, even jokingly, which has caused some short comedy scenes in the film. This issue does not affect the overall story of the film and instead helps to break the monotony of the film.

Although Abigail has the opportunity to become a full-fledged horror film, instead it takes a path similar to the previous work of its directors, and the more the story progresses, the more the similarities become. Similarities such as a hidden cemetery under the house or secret places that are the key to many events, as well as the characters being trapped in a house are only a part of these similarities. In general, this issue alone is not supposed to be a negative point, and by the way, it is a good idea for the movie, but the makers of the movie have not been able to make a significant difference in the end.

Exactly the movie becomes very predictable from a part and we can even choose the person who is going to be saved in the end and this makes the ending of the movie very predictable. Perhaps the most important part of the film is where the characters make different decisions, and in the end, the film works differently than Ready or Not in a short part, but in the end, the generality and the path it follows is the same and nothing is going to change here.

The point here is that in the previous film, the creators were able to convey their message somewhat badly. There is such an attempt in the movie Abigail as well, but in the end they just follow a repetitive path and finally deliver an action scene to the audience. The film is actually stuck between wanting to be an entertaining work or conveying a message, and although it ultimately wants to be an entertaining work, it doesn't want to give up trying for the first subject until the end; Even though he can't convey the message he wants in the end.

Alisha Weir's performance in the movie Abigail is the best point of the movie, which portrays Abigail's dual personality in the best way

In any case, the film has a suitable background for the origin of Abigail's character, but in the end, it cannot use this issue well. In fact, the film could have presented a much different and fresher ending, but in the end, it gets caught up in the clichés of other filmmakers' films and cannot use its potential. But the positive thing about the movie is that it tries to change the stereotypes about vampires.

This may seem a little trivial at first glance, but such changes make the method of defeating Abigail more complicated in the film. Beliefs like the cross or garlic or other things are depicted as false beliefs throughout the film, but still wood or sunlight are the main enemies of vampires. Of course, Abigail has more abilities, which the creators could have used to provide more scary scenes, but ultimately these interesting things like controlling people are of little use during the course of the film.

But the film Abigail has tried to cover some of the problems of the script and the direction it has taken by adding well-known actors. An actor like Dan Stevens, although he offers a relatively repetitive performance in the film, but every time he is on the scene, he improves the film's progress and is the strength of the film. But Kathryn Newton plays a role we've seen her play many times and unfortunately has a disappointing performance throughout the film, again playing a nerdy girl with bad jokes.

However, Melissa Barrera, who played the main role in the film, has many ups and downs in her acting and is somewhat problematic from the script. In fact, the task of the creators is not very clear about her character and in one part they want to depict her as a mother who is trying to return to her son and on the other hand in some scenes her task is not clear. However, Barrera's game is relatively good and he has not failed to cover these problems.

But the star of the film is undoubtedly Alisha Weir, who has handled the role of Abigail very well. In fact, he has to portray a character who, despite having a childish appearance, is very old and thus has a lot of experience. Veer has been able to understand such a topic very well and his performance has helped the film to be better. In fact, he has been able to portray the two faces of Abigail's character very well, and this is what the movie really needed.

Abigail could have been a much more interesting and entertaining film by focusing more on things like providing atmosphere and horror scenes, avoiding the usual vampire stereotypes and making better use of the opportunities it has, but in the end we can only call it a work. It's fun to describe that it's fascinating to watch once, but watching it again is not something we'd ever think about. In any case, the movie Abigail is a well-made work that can be worth your time, but we should not have high expectations from it.