The Scream 7 drama is probably not over yet, but the directing team of Radio Silence, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, have at least one more chance to work with star Melissa Barrera in a horror movie. And this one might be the start of a franchise rather than another sequel. The title for their mysterious untitled horror has been revealed as Abigail, and while we knew it was inspired by a classic monster movie, we couldn’t have predicted how wild it would actually turn out to be.
As seen in the new trailer for Abigail, the film is a vampire movie about a group of criminals who discover that one of the girls they have kidnapped is far more dangerous than they ever could’ve known. Before long, it becomes clear that the kidnappers are the true captives here.
Joining Barrera in the cast are Alisha Weir, Dan Stevens, Kevin Durand, Kathryn Newton, Will Catlett, Giancarlo Esposito, and the late Euphoria actor Angus Cloud.
So that classic monster movie it was inspired by? That would be 1936 horror Dracula’s Daughter which influenced screenwriters Stephen Shields and Guy Busick.
Here’s the official synopsis: 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.
Abigail opens in theaters on April 19th, so we don’t have to wait long!
