Abigail
critic Reviews
, 83% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- 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.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreChristy LemireFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Quite often very funny, but it all runs out of steam... If you want to just go laugh and squirm, you can do that here.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCatey SullivanChicago Reader
This horror-thriller is chaotic and a bit too long, but in the same vein as 2022’s M3gan, it’s ultimately entertaining.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKristen LopezThe Film Maven (Substack)
"Abigail" continues Universal’s hot streak of telling inventive new stories with their Universal monster characters.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSergio Burstein Los Angeles Times
An intense, well filmed and absolutely entertaining work in which any horror fan would have a good time. [Full review in Spanish]
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWendy IdeObserver (UK)
Great fun.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKim NewmanEmpire Magazine
Tossing a malicious vampire kid among squabbling, not-exactly-un-dangerous humans is a recipe for a wickedly enjoyable thrill ride. One of the messiest vampire movies ever made, and winningly so.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreVera WyldeCouncil of Geeks
It's good. Not amazing, but good.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMatthew BriodyFilm Ireland Magazine
Abigail’s unique premise reinvents the vampire movie, with innovation as fresh as What We Do in the Shadows. Bearing razor-sharp fangs, Abigail delivers a delicious dance with death.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAndrew J. SalazarDiscussing Film
Abigail knows exactly what it wants to be and how to achieve it, you’re either riding on its wavelength or not. This type of sheer confidence is what the modern horror genre often lacks.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSean AxmakerStream on Demand
Think of a survival countdown as amusement park haunted house, playing out in a grand old manor that could have come out of the 19th century... punctuated by gleefully sardonic set pieces and bursts of crimson effluvia.
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