How to watch Abigail in New Zealand
Sugar and spice and an unquenchable thirst for the blood of the innocent.
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett of the collective Radio Silence, having already wowed horror heads withe the likes of Ready or Not and the 2022 Scream (but not Scream VI—I said what I said), return to the well with this high-concept, hideously gory vampire flick. We’re in.
When is Abigail being released in New Zealand?
Abigail is screening in New Zealand cinemas from April 18.
What is Abigail about?
When a gang of criminals is hired by the mysterious and wealthy Mr Lambert to kidnap the titular little girl, they discover to their dismay, despair and doom (well, most of ’em, we assume) that she’s a vampire, and they’re on the menu. It’s a (very loose, by the look of it) remake of Universal’s 1936 film, Dracula’s Daughter, itself a slapdash adaptation of Bram Stoker’s short story, Dracula’s Guest.
The cast of Abigail
Alisha Weir of Matilda: The Musical and Wicked Little Letters is the predatory pre-teen of the title; Scream veteran Melissa Bererra is reluctant kidnapper Joey; Dan Stevens is gang leader Frank; genre mainstay Kevin Durrand is muscle man Peter; Kathryn Newton is tech rat Sammy; William Catlett is surveillance guy Rickles; and the late Angus Cloud makes his final film appearance as wheelman Dean—and if you noticed they’re all named for Rat Pack members and associates, give yourself a little pat on the back.
We’re also getting Giancarlo Esposito as mastermind Lambert, and Matthew Goode, recently seen in Freud’s Last Session, in an undisclosed (but probably vampiric) role.
Abigail trailer
Why we’re excited about Abigail
We’re in the middle of a little vampire renaissance at the moment, with Renfield, The Invitation, and Dracula: Voyage of the Demeter all hitting recently, and Robert Eggers’ remake of Nosferatu lurking in the not too distant future, and we’re here for it. Plus, it’s a little girl massacring a mixed bag of motley crooks, which should be good for a laugh.
