Abigail’s First Reactions Say It is as Good (and Bloody) as It Seems

The spring film season has begun, and certainly one of its massive tentpoles is Common’s upcoming Abigail. Although the film isn’t out for 2 weeks, a screening was held on Saturday evening on the Overlook Movie Competition. And in the event you had been fearful that this was going to be a dud or suck, you apparently don’t want to fret, as a result of the thrill seems to be that we’re in for a bloody good time later this month.

Early reactions thus far have pretty optimistic, with those that’ve seen it calling it one other nice horror flick from the directing pair of Radio Silence. The impressions aren’t tremendous in-depth, however there’s particular reward of its mix of horror and laughs, together with what’s stated to be a lot of blood spilled all through the movie. It additionally feels like a hell of a crowd pleaser, with no less than one critic saying every kill acquired a spherical of applause from the viewers.

It’s good to listen to Abigail’s acquired the products—the premise sounded wickedly enjoyable, and it goes to point out that Common’s actually onto one thing by simply doing whatever the hell it wants with its steady of Common Monsters. Plus, any film that has a ballerina vampire go on a rampage and dance with a headless corpse is obligated to reside as much as that extremely bonkers visible that closes out the trailer.

Abigail comes out on April 19, and we’ve assembled a few of the social media impressions down beneath. We’ll seemingly have our personal ideas on the movie—or ask you for yours—nearer to launch.

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