The film follows a group of kidnappers who capture the daughter of a powerful underworld figure and demand $50 million for her release, unaware the young girl is actually a vampire.
He impales her through the shoulder, while Abigail returns, stating that the only way to truly kill a vampire is to completely drain them of their blood. Frank overpowers her before turning his attention back to Joey. He bites her on the neck and places a stake into her hand, ordering her to finish off Abigail.
Just when the mercs think their luck couldn't get any worse, they discover that Abigail is actually a vampire who has tricked them into “kidnapping” her so she can kill them all for their various affronts to Lazar.
The new horror film Abigail follows a group of kidnappers who capture a rich man's daughter after ballet rehearsal and stash her away in a safe house, whereupon they discover that the little girl (played by Alisha Weir) is a vampire, and that they're actually locked in there with her, not the other way around.
Both Abigail and Lazar survive Abigail. Of the crew hired to kidnap Abigail, only Joey makes it out of the manor alive. This only happens because of an unexpected connection that forms between Joey and Abigail, with the latter even defending Joey from her bloodthirsty father when he arrives in Abigail's ending.
Only Melissa Barrera's Joey manages to survive the vampire murder spree. Abigail's father, Lazar (Matthew Goode), makes a chilling appearance. Despite his intent to eliminate Joey, Abigail steps in to halt the violence, citing Joey's earlier act of saving her life during the confrontation with Frank.
Upon awakening, the centuries-old Abigail reveals that she knows the group's true identities and arranged for them to abduct her, through Lambert, so she can kill them for entertainment, as each has wronged her father.
Hale's response to Tituba's confession prompts Abigail's own sudden admission of guilt. Declaring witchcraft becomes the popular thing to do. It grants an individual instant status and recognition within Salem, which translates into power.
A portrait of Tony Le Domas' ancestor is hidden in Abigail's mansion. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett revealed to Collider that Ready or Not and Abigail take place within the same universe, as a portrait of a member of Ready of Not's Le Domas family tree can be seen hung up in the 2024 movie's mansion.
The MPAA rating has been assigned for “strong bloody violence and gore throughout, pervasive language and brief drug use.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes a near kiss, several scenes of people exploding into bloody mist, many scenes of vampire attacks on humans and other vampires with bloody results, a bloody ...
Certainly “Abigail” could have been tighter — it takes nearly an hour to get to the big reveal on which the story pivots. But when it's cooking, “Abigail” is bloody entertaining. Abigail is exactly what it needs to be, just incredibly fun and just deep enough to invest in what's going on.
Carrying off well-worn vampire tropes with a balletic flourish, Abigail dances around the familiarity of its premise with a game cast and slick style. em>Abigail is a little silly, a little scary, and a lot of fun -- just be prepared for a story that takes its time getting going and might go on a little too long.
Abigail doesn't have a post-credits scene, but that's likely because the final couple of minutes of the movie really sets up the larger possible connections to the Universal Monsters franchise if directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett and the studio want to embark on more bloody adventures in this world.
Abigail Williams and other young girls of Salem get caught messing with witchcraft in the forest. Afraid of severe punishments, they claim to have simply been dancing.
Parris summons Danforth and Hathorne and informs them that Hale is attempting to convince the prisoners to confess their crimes. Parris also tells Danforth that Abigail and Mercy Lewis have disappeared.
Abigail lied about many things; she lied to her uncle about what the girls were actually doing in the woods, how she ended up with a needle in her stomach, that Mary Warren had sent her spirit out to get her in the court… There seems to be lie after lie spilling from her mouth and with each comes a consequence.
Mary Warren was sewing a 'poppet' in court to pass the time as she was bored. She stuck the needle in the doll to keep it safe. Abigail saw Mary do this. During dinner at Parris's house, Abigail fell to the floor screaming and a needle was found stuck two inches into the flesh of her stomach.
Just as Danforth appears to favor Abigail's claim that Mary Warren is lying, Proctor informs him that Parris caught Abigail and the others dancing in the woods. This information, coupled with the fact that Parris discovered them, profoundly affects Danforth.
Abigail stabs herself with a needle. She does this in order to cast suspicion on Elizabeth Proctor. If Elizabeth Proctor is convicted of witchcraft, then Elizabeth will be executed. John will once again be a single man, and Abigail thinks that she and John can be intimate together again.
Summary. Abigail star Melissa Barrera explains why the titular vampire ballerina spares Joey. In the movie, Joey and Abigail form a connection, which likely contributes to the latter's decision at the end. Out of the six people who kidnapped Abigail, Joey leaves the mansion as the only survivor.
Lambert introducing himself to the group he hired to kidnap Abigail Lazar as part of his plan to extract a $50 million ransom from her gangland father Kristof Lazar in exchange for her release. Lambert is one of the two overarching antagonists (alongside Kristof Lazar) of the 2024 vampire horror comedy film Abigail.
How much money do the criminals want for Abigail's ransom?
“Abigail” is based on Universal's classic 1936 monster film “Dracula's Daughter” and centers on kidnappers who capture a 12-year-old ballerina. They demand a $50 million ransom from her father, a powerful figure from the underworld.
