ABIGAIL opens at cinemas on Friday, 19th April.
THE SYNOPSIS
Children can be such monsters.
After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl.
From Radio Silence—the directing team of MATT BETTINELLI-OLPIN and TYLER GILLETT behind the terrifying modern horror hits Ready or Not, 2022’s Scream and last year’s Scream VI—comes a brash, blood-thirsty new vision of the vampire flick, written by STEPHEN SHIELDS (The Hole in the Ground, Zombie Bashers) and GUY BUSICK (Scream franchise, Ready or Not).
Abigail stars MELISSA BARRERA (Scream franchise, In the Heights), DAN STEVENS (Gaslit, Legion), KATHRYN NEWTON (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Freaky), WILL CATLETT (Black Lightning, True Story), KEVIN DURAND (Resident Evil: Retribution, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) and ANGUS CLOUD (Euphoria, North Hollywood) as the kidnappers. ALISHA WEIR (Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, Darklands) stars as Abigail, and the esteemed cast includes Emmy nominee MATTHEW GOODE (The Crown, Downton Abbey), and five-time Emmy nominee GIANCARLO ESPOSITO (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) as Lambert, the efficient organizer of Abigail’s kidnapping.
The film is produced by WILLIAM SHERAK (Scream franchise, Ready or Not), JAMES VANDERBILT (Zodiac, Scream franchise) and PAUL NEINSTEIN (Scream franchise; executive producer, The Night Agent) for Project X Entertainment, by TRIPP VINSON (Ready or Not, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island) for Vinson Films and by Radio Silence’s CHAD VILLELLA (executive producer Ready or Not and Scream franchise). The executive producers are RON LYNCH (Scream VI, 2022’s Scream) and MACDARA KELLEHER (Foundation, Evil Dead Rise).
The director of photography is AARON MORTON nzcs (Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power), the production designer is SUSIE CULLEN (Sexy Beast, Happy Valley) and the costume designer is GWEN JEFFARES (costume supervisor Cocaine Bear, Rig 45). The music is by Emmy nominee BRIAN TYLER (The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Fast X). The editor is MICHAEL P. SHAWVER (Black Panther films, A Quiet Place Part II) and the casting is by RICH DELIA (IT films, The Nun). Universal Pictures presents a Project X Entertainment/Vinson Films/Radio Silence production of a Radio Silence film.
Trailer link: ABIGAIL | OFFICIAL TRAILER (youtube.com)