by Alex Billington
March 27, 2024
Source: YouTube
"This room here is by far my favorite room…" Time for a set tour! Universal has posted a behind-the-scenes featurette for the horror movie Abigail, a vampire thriller in theaters this April. From Radio Silence—the directing team of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & 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. After a group of criminals kidnap the young ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, they retreat to an isolated mansion, unaware that they're locked inside with no normal little girl. One by one they begin to realize this is their last night. Starring Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, William Catlett, Kevin Durand, and Angus Cloud as the kidnappers, featuring Alisha Weir (from Matilda the Musical) as Abigail. This featurette is only 60 seconds and follows actor Kathryn Newton as she tours the set and shows off three of the rooms they filmed in. Nice, but I want more! More more more of this making of.
Here's the quick behind-the-scenes featurette for Radio Silence's Abigail, from Universal's YouTube:
You can rewatch the official trailer for Radio Silence's Abigail movie right here, for even more footage.
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. Abigail, also known as Abducting Abigail, is co-directed by filmmakers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett (also known as "Radio Silence"), directors of the films Devil's Due, Ready or Not, Scream 5 and Scream 6, and many short films, plus segments in anthology horror V/H/S & Southbound. The screenplay is written by Stephen Shields (The Hole in the Ground, Zombie Bashers) and Guy Busick (Scream franchise, Ready or Not). Produced by William Sherak, Paul Neinstein, James Vanderbilt, Tripp Vinson, Chad Villella. Universal will debut Radio Silence's Abigail in theaters everywhere starting April 19th, 2024 this spring. Visit the film's official site.