Abigail

Now that I've seen this I can understand all the warnings on here to avoid the trailers and I can understand why. I had no idea what this was about other than it involved a young girl who is kidnapped, much to the eventual dismay of said kidnappers. Not having a clue where this was going help immensely with the surprise factor. This thing is good, bad, too long due to a back story, absolutely bonkers, wild, crazy, bloody, corny, gory, exciting and fun! Its setup is what I stated, but from there on in, you are on your own here. The cast is pretty good. The title character, the little girl, is wonderfully played by Alisha Weir. Dan Stevens plays one of the kidnappers and this guy is becoming a chameleon with his variety of roles. Here he is mean, internally ugly and pretty much a sleazeball type. Kevin Durand as a dim muscleman is funny as are a lot of things in this smorgasbord of a horror film. There are a few things that are just stupid, but it's a little hard to tell what is intentional as opposed to just poor writing. As I never watch TV anymore, I had never seen Angus Cloud before. Hard to tell much about him from this, but he does play a loser here very well. If you like horror films, ya gotta see this!

There is nothing in this film that you haven't seen in a number of other films but it manages, thankfully, to deliver.

It doesn't for my money have as much humour as Ready or Not but does have enough character back story for the audience to know who to support and who to scorn and to emotionally commit to ( as much as you can in a horror flick).

You know what is going to happen once the basic premise is exposed and it's fun finding out how and when, and watching the whole thing play out.

At the centre of it all is Abigail, played expertly and delightfully by Alisha Weir who exploits this platform to showcase her undoubted talent. She is ably supported by the cast to realise this competent effort and make viewing it time well spent.

I believe the film is best watched without prior exposure to the trailer, hard as that is these days, and have also not revealed any content here in that spirit. Enjoy the film.

This is an entertaining horror movie with comedic elements sprinkled throughout it and everyone in the cast does a pretty good job with the parts they're given but Dan Stevens kills it, he steals the show in every scene he's in, killer lines and he's so damn funny you can't help but laugh. The movie is nothing you haven't seen before but even with that in mind it still manages to surprise you and be unpredictable at times with different twists and turns in the story.

Overall it was a solid experience and I would definitely recommend it if you're looking to grab a cold one, kick back and get some popcorn.

Abigail is vampiric only in the sense of bleeding dry any semblance of intelligent and creative filmmaking. From a technical and production standpoint it holds up more than nicely; but from a plot perspective it's a nonstarter. This was touted as a "Dracula's Daughter" reboot with a comedy twist; but is far-off the mystery and allure of classic gothic literature that first bore the name "Dracula" - and the purported humour is lukewarm at best.

Inconsistencies, plotholes, plot armour, and half-baked writing all undermine this uninspired film. Dan Stevens as Acteur and Giancarlo Esposito as Lambert were strong points. Actress Alisha Weir at thirteen (now fourteen) years old - delivered an admirable performance with the script she had, but her talents were wasted on this lackluster story. Good horror works on the psychological; it works its way around everything, using physical horror as only one tool in its broad repertoire. This film is quite the opposite, it's physical horror without almost any tantalising or guesswork left to the imagination. Because of that it's more of an action film masquerading as a horror film.

The characters as a whole are of the stock variety, as if hurriedly thrown together. Their screenplay reads in exactly the same manner. Splitting up to their detriment and acting like bozos; usually minus the part where that's supposed to translate as funny.

This is closer to "Abysmal" than "Abigail".

This is fun - almost in the style of Hammer. It's gory, but not scary. A clichéd plot and characters, but directed and acted with enthusiasm, and a good nod to classic vampire films. All the references were there, we were just missing Vincent Price and Christopher Lee and an over-coloured palette.

There was a tongue in cheek patina right across the film. I'm not sure why it was rated 18 in the UK - unless to protect people with an aversion to tomato sauce. The gore was done with explosive fun - a real splat fest.

This was surprisingly entertaining, done with gusto. Absolutely worth 90 minutes.