When Universal Pictures wanted to reboot its Monsterverse, it started (and failed miserably) with the Tom Cruise-led Mummy in 2008. After it failed at the box office, they released the excellent Invisible Man, a smaller, budgeted movie starring Elizabeth Olsen. Now with the release of Abigail, a different take on a ‘vampire’ movie, it feels like Universal is still working on their verse, but in a sneaky way. But that’s fine with me. If Abigail is as good as Radio Silence’s last horror film, Ready or Not, I’ll be a happy horror fan. Let’s go!!!
A group of would-be criminals kidnaps the 12-year-old daughter of a powerful underworld figure. Holding her for ransom in an isolated mansion, their plan starts to unravel when they discover their young captive is actually a bloodthirsty vampire.
