Everyone in ABIGAIL is DUMB | Explained

[@AmandaTheJedi]

Sammy and Pete deserved better 😔

[@mariacarolinef.santos7957]

I felt so bad for Sammy. She will be remembered

[@Jessidafennecfox]

Justice for Sammy and Pete

[@crazedsun]

Gods yes they do!❤❤

[@berryboba5068]

Ikr! They were my favorite characters! Another great movie with Kathryn Newton in it would be the comedy horror movie Freaky (2020). It also has Vince Vaughn in it!

[@Kozoku]

Did she at least get the money before she left?

[@Sharpe1502]

“Sammy, those are fucking onions!” DESTROYED me in the theater. 😂

[@christianwise637]

Pitch perfect delivery from Dan Stevens, dude seriously should do more comedic roles

[@SD-oi9gr]

Yeah I actually laughed out loud when that line came on. The delivery is so perfect lmao. I knew this movie would be good because it’s the guys who did ready or not which is probably the best comedy horror in recent years. This movie is basically a carbon copy of ready or not but with vampires instead. I really hope they make more movies like this.

[@LokTar_Ogar93]

and that stick worked on his fucking legs cracked me up lol

[@mst3KGf]

@@christianwise637 His tone is annoyed, but not surprised in the slightest. He's got the perfect "surrounded by idiots" attitude throughout the whole film.

[@dwellinginerised]

Dan Stevens is amazing. Loved him in Legion.

[@grapeshot]

Basically it's she's not stuck in there with them they're stuck in there with her.

[@tirefish]

*Doom music intensifies*

[@lauragraves4342]

Now I want Rorshach vs Vampires. 😊......with some Deadpool.

[@osmanyousif7849]

So From Dusk Till Dawn…..

[@The_KlaVra]

"Sammy, those are fucking ONIONS!" Favourite quote of the whole movie, made me laugh really hard.

[@SunnysFilms]

It's especially hilarious that any of these idiots would assume there would be garlic in what is clearly a vampire's house or that if they found any it would have any effect whatsoever.

[@miskatonic6210]

You're really easy to please. I can hardly think of a more lame joke.

[@DizzyBusy]

​@@miskatonic6210 Being easy to please is bad, because...?

[@kenslycarpel3140]

@@miskatonic6210Oh no, it’s almost like humor is subjective.

[@doctormalleycat]

She would smell so bad and be covered in filth they could of at least showed her wash off after falling in that body filled sludge water

[@Firebrimstoneshadow]

I love how this is in the same universe of Ready or Not. So that universe has demons and vampires officially

[@roderick8167]

Yeah my head canon is that in this universe Kristof Lazar who is actually Dracula aka Vlad Tepes made a deal with Mr Lebail aka The Devil for immortal life making him the first vampire which in turn started the vampire race in this universe

[@daphnia9664]

that explains the explosive deaths

[@enby_kensei]

Abigail was fuckin fire, but not for the reasons that were advertised. It's like watching your friends fumble their way through a tabletop murder mystery, but with vampires. My family and I were laughing our asses off the whole time; I can't wait to watch it with my friends after knocking back a few shots.

[@Moerighan]

I love this take, like the whole movie is just your family/friends in a tabletop game setting. That would have been the biggest twist at the end and made their dumb decisions make much more sense.

[@icedcanadiano]

Joey believing Abigail when she said Frank was Valdez is just Joey's player rolling a nat 1 on insight

[@brainspider]

So agreed Enby!

[@Hawk7886]

All of them used INT as their dump stat

[@JDotWill]

I didn’t need Dracula to have much of a presence, it wasn’t really about him. But I did like how the moment he shows up, Joey is scared shitless. He struck fear into her instantly

[@maggielandrey7232]

He was on screen for all of 2 minutes and had PRESENCE. I dont know about anyone else, but I appreciated it haha

[@lessismore8533]

@@maggielandrey7232agree

[@snoopygonewilder]

@@maggielandrey7232 Matthew Goode plays a good vampire. He was in A Discovery of Witches the TV show, and was all charming and such most of the time, but when he went into vampire mode he was pretty intense.

[@crimsonhoudini1521]

Yeah I agree-i didn’t mind him not having a lot of screen time. He struck fear into me too cuz I was like “oh shit is all of what Joey just did been for nothing?” bc he’s that much of a violent a hole. It was oddly touching of him allowing to let her go, sorta like how a predator corners it’s prey and then decides to leave it alone after suddenly deciding it wasn’t hungry.

[@PassTheMarmalade1957]

Joey might be the smart one, but she's also got motherhood issues and guilt over leaving her son. Of course she believed the little girl whose daddy ignores her over Frank.

[@lessismore8533]

Yah. I’m sure Abby’s daddy issues made Joey feel even MORE guilty..

[@lizthedisjointedzebra692]

Abigail struck me as a mix of M3gan, Ready or Not, with a sprinkling of Claudia from Interview with the Vampire.

[@osmanyousif7849]

And From Dusk Til Dawn, but without a strip club.

[@B1998-u6i]

So about the dad reveal. Originally this was announced as a straight Dracula's Daughter remake, at least when Radio Silence took over as director. However, after Renfield and The Last Voyage of The Demeter were minor box office failures, apparently Universal pushed for reshoots to lower that connection. So that's why it's so dramatic: he wasn't originally just Matthew Goode as a vampire, it was Matthew Goode as *that* vampire.

[@mst3KGf]

It's still pretty obvious who he's supposed to be, however. Even before his arrival, his crest is all over the house, which is the dragon symbol that Dracula always has (that specific one going all the way back to the original Bela Lugosi film).

[@Brozinator97]

Plus the opening theme that Abigail is dancing to is an homage to the original Dracula score.

[@sylas3265]

I kinda want Abigail to ask Joey to be her coffins chaperone for a vacation in a second one. Still criminal murder enterprise in the meantime but also as a buddy horror comedy of sorts

[@its99pm]

that would be such a good premise, I'm here for it!!

[@sylas3265]

@@its99pm right? It's like, Abigail is darkly goofy so it's better if it's taken not quite to an outright comedy but like Joey is clearly doing a job and she doesn't mind Abigail is a vampire *now* but the wanton chaos that ensues from someone trying to kidnap Lazar's daughter for real or targeting their criminal empire, there's good ideas to run with.

[@lessismore8533]

@@sylas3265I don’t know about your idea, but I DO agree that the close relationship between Joey and Abby should continue. Ever since they made that pinky promise, I felt they’d be close. Even after Joey found out Abby’s true identity…

[@jaernihiltheus7817]

I want abigail's father to "ask" joey to babysit her in the sequel. Bloody hijinks ensue when someone comes a-knocking.

[@ZachCook1397]

I know it was probably needed to sell the movie but I wish they’d hidden the twist of Abigail being the vampire. Would love to see a fan made trailer that keeps that hidden to see how it could work

[@JayJay-17]

Yeah I saw the trailer and hated they had the vampire reveal in it.

[@XOmangoXO]

Scott Cramer did a video about it recently but studies/focus groups have apparently shown that people enjoy or go see the movie more when the trailers reveal more 🤷‍♀️ I just try to avoid watching them all together

[@supposedlymel]

everyone i'd talked to said to not watch the trailer and go into the film blind and im so glad i did

[@xoPotatoTreexo]

I was wondering about that, because I thought the pacing in the first third was a bit weird because I knew the "reveal" and wasn't sure if I was supposed to know already from the way the movie tiptoed around it. Like, in other movies where the reveal was in the trailers, the movie was set up in a way that nodded to the audience knowing but the characters don't (and other movies, where the reveal is alluded to in trailers but not confirmed, the movie reflects that too). I'm not sure if I'm making sense but it just felt like a weird disconnect to me 😅

[@lovestumacher]

I thought about that too, but I actually enjoyed that there were other twists to make up for Abigail’s reveal lol

[@Karragh]

I THINK the intent of Abigail holding out her pinky in the final action scene isn't just her saying "you promised no one would hurt me". Abigail is trying to convince Joey to push herself through the pain to help kill Frank. She's reinforcing the deal they made a few minutes ago. Like she really means it, "pinky promise I'll let you go."

[@missclayman5180]

I can't watch scary movies because I'm too much of a coward so I really enjoy every time you explain a horror movie with so much detail! It's like I've seen it, without having nightmares for the next seven years!

[@SuperYxskaft]

Same here, although I can watch them if I am with someone.

[@corik1065]

This is exactly what I just told my husband. I get to know what happens in the scary movie without having to watch the movie and have nightmares! It’s great

[@FauxFoxPaw]

Have you tried FoundFlix? He does a great job with horror movies

[@tommymayfield814]

People who can't watch horror movies are usually so creative that their brains continue to tell them stories when they are trying to rest. I hope you have a creative outlet to express yourself.

[@ThisisBrandi]

I’m the same but I look at just as that I don’t enjoy the emotion of fear. I don’t know if I think I’m a coward, it just feels more like a choice not to expose myself to it.

[@FilmsStuff]

I've been quoting 'Sammy, those are fucking Onions!' for the past month a little too much.

[@hartthorn]

I absolutely loved this movie and lost it at so many parts. Abigail basically being a neglected child acting out for any kind of interaction was fantastic. And I think the sparseness of the ending scene worked for me. For all the horror stories we had about Llazar, when it comes to him and his daughter, the MOMENT he realizes she's actually hurt by his actions it affects him. I kinda love it. He's vampire Homer Simpson in that moment. He genuinely loves her but he's also a doofus who needs that in your face moment to understand why he's being a fuck up.

[@TheAbigailDee]

Vampire Homer Simpson is PERFECT

[@shainewhite2781]

This movie is supposed to be a loose or modern adaptation of Dracula's Daughter.

[@isapheonix]

Draculas daughter was terrible. They fixed it

[@Fl0k5ser]

Alisha Weir was Matilda in Matilda The Musical and a vampire in Abigail, now that's incredible range. She's barely an adult yet but she already gave two excellent performances that justifies her talent properly. In addition to her small but solid role in Wicked Little Letters. She's brilliant! Can't wait to see what she does next 🙌

[@mrcritical6751]

And she did perfectly playing Abigail as a full blown adult

[@acemyname]

@@mrcritical6751she’s only 14

[@acemyname]

she’s 14 😭

[@garrickkthegreat5762]

she's not an adult.

[@mrcritical6751]

@@garrickkthegreat5762 I know, I was talking about when she switched into an adult like manner of speech during certain scenes

[@swnbv]

I definitely felt like parental guilt/abandonment were a pretty strong through line, and actually made Joey believing and helping Abigail past the point of reason believable. She's so deeply guilty about not being able to be there for her son, so she's far more inclined to believe in or go out of her way for another child, especially one who she formed a bond with. It kind of reminded me of how Tess in Barbarian was constantly throwing herself into danger for men despite it being the stupidest possible choice, because it wasn't a choice, not really, in the character's mind. All that said, I didn't mind that the father showed up at the end, it just felt a little ham-fisted, what with Abigail just explaining the message of the film verbatim to her father.

[@arrow_of_ravenclaw5155]

Katherine Newton is in her scream queen era and I love it. I loved freaky and Lisa Frankenstein is my personal favorite of the year(won’t say it’s the best. But it’s my favorite) and now she has this

[@AmandaTheJedi]

She is SO good in this

[@Fl0k5ser]

Lisa Frankenstein is freaking great, I hope that movie finds some cult following in the future

[@arrow_of_ravenclaw5155]

@@Fl0k5sersame. I gotta do a double feature with it and Jennifer’s body

[@AmandaTheJedi]

@@Fl0k5ser I don't think it needs the cult following people really loved it - it'll definitely pick up more people on streaming though

[@SaphInfection]

Bruh I can't believe Cassie Lang kidnapped a child, what would Scott think

[@tuckershuff1441]

"Sammy, those are ------- ONIONS!" Lord, please grant me the opportunity to one day say this exact line to someone with the exact same amount of pure vitriol.

[@quasarsurfer]

I'm in neither category where I haven't seen the movie, will never see this movie, but I like listening to Amanda talk.

[@kevincarter2020]

We all do

[@ashleyelrod9935]

Same! 😊

[@Kris-wo4pj]

seriously i say oh that sounds fun to watch and then never watch it.

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

Not really a horror fan but I will watch a good one and I’d rather be spoiled first and Amanda’s takes will usually let me know if it’s worth watching for myself…but sometimes I don’t just cause I am like ‘too much gore for me’.

[@Grim13tidings]

Same lol

[@ttjc3696]

What I love about this movie is how, upon second viewing, you realize just how well Abigail planned everything out so she could play her role and test her father’s love. Even the Frank moments, you get the sense that regardless she would have won but was just playing along.

[@vadalia3860]

The thing that would cement my feelings about Joey going so far to help Abigail at the end is whether or not Abigail is an "eternal child"- someone who's lived for centuries but who still mentally and emotionally functions like a child. Which this movie doesn't answer definitively but the implications of Abigail still being upset about her father's neglect even though it has to have been going on for a while makes me think she is. In which case, I could see Joey still sympathizing with her as a child (for all her brutal violence towards them, it's not like Abigail was killing innocent people- every single one of them was okay with kidnapping someone and only Joey batted an eye when it was revealed to be a "kid" they were snatching) My biggest question however- who had the pool built? It looked fairly modern but since Abigail was turned in the house it must have been owned by her father prior to the pool being installed. So did they have a pool built in the house before or after they abandoned it? Did they have it built specifically for corpse storage or was Abigail just using it for that like my great-aunt uses her dishwasher to hold her "good dishes" because she never uses it? My headcanon is that before she was into ballet, Abigail was really into swimming. So, just like the father (or Abigail, but I'd prefer it being the father) had a little performance stage built for her in the house, he previously had a pool built for her. It's giving very divorced I'll-act-like-paying-attention-to-and-buying-things-for-my-child-are-equal-gestures-of-parental-love dad to me.

[@shidosuteshi464]

To me, Abigale felt like a Horror DnD night. You some characters with separate backstories that get connected as the DM continues the story, twists and turns that seem a little improvised based on low and high roles(The fight scene where Sammy gets bit being a failed saving throw), Frank's overly self centered nature allowing him to choose his own path by killing Lambert and becoming the BBEG and even the surprise visit from daddy dearest and letting Joey go being a "Last One Alive" ending. I could totally make this into a DnD run with my friends making their own characters and following the major plot points of the movie.

[@amberdawn5372]

I love how every video I’ve watched talking about this film has included the “Sammy those are fucking onions” clip. Iconic 😂

[@jessikat_17]

I didn't register the connection and romantic, I saw it as two peeps from the military deciding to stick together. She was an army Medic and he was a Marine. When she was clocking them, she said Seper Fi, which is the Marine motto, I think.

[@its99pm]

It's the brief exchange when he asks if she wants to come inside his room and she responds that she's supposed to be a professional ;)

[@djixi98]

It was pretty obvious that he wanted to (at least) kiss her, and that comes from me, someone who'd never clock that irl lmao

[@matxalenc8410]

​@@djixi98 Yes. They were giving eachother eyes. I thought they were gonna fight and leave together. I was so excited 'cause I love a good-looking couple. Then he got killed. 😂

[@arocknrolldream]

The delivery of that "he's dead! she got hiiim!" god I love Kathryn Newton

[@JDotWill]

Alisha Weir is such a little badass in this. Her performance was great & she did her own stunts

[@lessismore8533]

Cool. Her stunts weren’t that complicated to me tho. Still, she nailed it

[@TesticularDancer]

@@lessismore8533Why are you crawling all over this comment section trying to dim down a teenager’s success?

[@VultureSkins]

@@lessismore8533stunts don’t need to look complicated for it to be noteworthy that she did her own

[@DarkKnightBatman420]

Drove me nuts that Sammy didn't immediately rush to the showers after falling in the human soup. I wouldn't have been able to tolerate it myself. The one question I have about this movie is that was there some connection between that song and Abigail's powers? It just looked like Sammy turned the second she heard it.

[@mrcritical6751]

I think that song is just how she gets into the zone

[@CrippledChaosClown]

I love movie breakdowns the more spoilers the better, I'm disabled and quite often housebound so this is how I get to enjoy movies that aren't on streaming. You're providing a service hunni xx

[@Karragh]

The first time a vampire died in this movie and exploded blood everywhere, I remembered that it was directed by one of the ready or not guys.

[@TheAbigailDee]

As an Abigail who grew up in the world of competitive dance.... I feel like this is MY movie.

[@TitularHeroine]

If you spare my life I promise to let you out of the rusty old elevator

[@breakyourstory]

I liked seeing Matthew Goode popping in at the end as Father because he played a vampire in A Discovery of Witches, too, which if you haven’t watched you should totally do that (based on a book trilogy of another name). If you want lore, that will give you a lot of lore.

[@alexanon8345]

He also was notably not a vampire in Stoker but fulfilled the vibe of one, so I always associate him with being moderately malicious.

[@MegaReacts]

Abigail was such a fun movie. I went into it completely blind and the reveal was great. My reaction gets blocked left and right, but it's currently up.

[@mossomness]

I loved your reaction! I’m sorry it keeps getting blocked.

[@katthawthorne1027]

The credits rolled on this in the theater and my literal first thought was, "Oo, I hope Amanda the Jedi does a review of this movie".

[@transplantman2287]

Sammy not knowing what garlic looks like but knowing pop culture vampire lore was PERFECT. 😂

[@BuzzieeTheMarsmellow]

the chokey really got to matilda

[@Lisa_Flowers]

this made me laugh until i cried

[@1kaz1]

I saw this comment, thought nothing of it, then it set in and I started laughing so I had to come back to like it and give you props omg

[@ahbibis]

huge day for girls names Abigail

[@vintagesoup79]

I think playing Swan Lake at the start is a reference to Universal's 1931 Dracula.

[@miskatonic6210]

Swan Lake is used in every hollywood movie that barely touches ballet, because the random US viewer knows nothing about ballet and only recognizes that one and nutcracker suite.

[@xoPotatoTreexo]

This is basically an updated version of Dracula's Daughter (a direct sequel to Bela Lugosi's Dracula), so you're right 😊

[@jerrygriffiths6454]

My favorite scene was Abigail flying and the Canadian just tackles her from the stairs and body slams her.

[@Grabthar191]

I was highly disappointed in the trailers as they revealed WAY too much. Also, if you don't have stupid people, you don't have too many horror movies. People who walk into dark rooms without turning on lights and call out, "Hello?" that kind of thing. :) I wish they had found a way to do the trailer in such a way that until you watched it you wouldn't know it was the little girl that was the vampire. I'll probably still watch it if it comes out on one of my streaming services.

[@pixiestxNyomouf]

Yeah, they put way too much in the trailer which was why I wasn't jumping to watch it. "We kidnapped a ballerina vampire"....literally that's it. That's the movie and it was I the trailer. Literally all we missed was filler and dialog...

[@Grabthar191]

@@pixiestxNyomouf It reminds me of the movie House on Willow Street (2017) where a group kidnap a girl that is possessed by a demon. I think there was one called Hellfire (2005) where a group of women kidnap the AntiChrist thinking he is someone else.

[@Grabthar191]

@@pixiestxNyomouf Nope I was wrong, Hellfire was a B rated flick that looks like it was filmed on someone's mother's 1990s handicam. The other one I was thinking of was they kidnap some kid who is able to mindcontrol people to let out their more violent impulses. I can't seem to find it now.

[@DarkKnightBatman420]

The whole thing about Frank throwing up blood seemed like a callback to Louis's transformation in the Interview with the Vampire novel. Can't say I can make a better comparison to that in any film, but maybe I'm just rusty on my knowledge of vampire films.

[@SkipperJane]

lol, Matthew Goode playing all types of vampires. Definitely not the “Discovery of Witches” variety.

[@JYJnKumi]

I LOVED this movie. I had a blast watching it. Wasn't bored at any point, but I was surprised about who turned out to be the final villain, someone I thought would have gotten axed off fairly quickly.

[@xian1978]

I had a strange moment where I said... but I already watched this video? She already talked about this WEEKS ago! And then I remembered it was Amanda Swell Entertainment, so WRONG AMANDA!!!

[@ella_bunno]

OMG IT WAS SWELL!! I thought i was going insane and literally was looking for comments saying it was a reupload. You saved me because i was not going to renember that it was swell who has talked about this

[@spacecow149]

The Angus Cloud tribute was nice

[@bafbegagglestick6241]

Is it weird that I don't watch horror movies but I love watching Amanda talking about them? Not that I'm concerned about being weird, just curious...

[@abigailharder3084]

Abigail had my name written all over it, literally! It was funny, it was gory (the pool 👀), and the child acting was perfectly sinister. My friend took me to see this movie in 4DX with moving seats and water spraying for every shot of blood 😂 I loved this movie!

[@annabethsmith-kingsley2079]

Dan Stevens: I'll never not look at him as the guy who got famous from Downton Abbey and then left because he thought he was too good for it. Matthew was the only thing keeping Mary bearable.

[@cjc363636]

The vamps' look makes me think Wesley Snipes's Blade is about to show up in this.

[@maggielandrey7232]

I thought Franks mannerisms seemed familiar...he acted a LOT like Frost from the first Blade movie

[@Shardai_smith]

I think Matthew Goode is in this because he currently plays a vampire in The Discovery of Witches

[@Murdock13]

To be fair, these people were supposedly hired for diverse skill sets, so it makes sense that they are stereotypical in a way. This is typical in most heist/caper films, like "Mission Impossible" and "Ocean's 11".

[@meeckeymouse8637]

I feel so terrible. Every time someone commented “RIP Cloud” “RIP Angus Cloud” or the like. I thought it was in reference to his character in Euphoria dying (didn’t watch the whole series). I just learned that the actor actually died.

[@SunnysFilms]

This feels like Interview with the Vampire crossed with Excess Baggage if it was dipped in extra blood and came out in 2003.

[@mskal23]

"Played by Gus Fring" lol I love how that is somehow accurate

[@cc.kanna88]

It’s Giancarlo Esposito…I don’t get it

[@mskal23]

@@cc.kanna88 Because it implies his Breaking Bad character played this role, rather than him

[@cc.kanna88]

@@mskal23I forgot he was in Breaking Bad… 😅

[@2dicone]

PLEASE TALK ABOUT GODZILLA MINUS ONE!!! It was the sleeper hit of last year and deserves the time 😄😄

[@camrendavis6650]

**Wins Oscar** = sleeper hit ?

[@madison51307]

I loved ready or not. Didn’t love this, but I would’ve guessed that radio silence had done this movie even if I hadn’t known it going in. The haunted mansion, pit, record player, meat canon moments, and final girl would’ve given that away. i think they were aiming for a sequel or reappearance of characters because this is tied to the universal monsters (which they’re always trying to bring back successfully). But as a Downton Abbey fan, I was just happy to see both of Lady Mary’s husbands.

[@OnlyShadowkin]

it was good I just wanted a little more. The ending was fine, and it worked ok, I just wish we had him like... offer Joey a job or Abigail tell Joey she wanted her to work for her, maybe stay human but you know get the perks of being a pet or something. there was just something missing. Even if they just gave her the 50 million and said, here, you survived you saved my life. Keep your life and go start over with your kid. Or ya know, instead of the Lolli pop, have her phone go off and her son be calling. There was just a lil somethin somethin missing to make it perfect as endings go. or... you know play into the whole Abigail knows everything about Joey and needs someone to help her, this could have been a head hunting expedition to try and recruit Joey since the person she accidently killed was so important. She could serve as replacement and this is the interview or what ever. There is just so much they could have done, little tiny things that could have brought it up another notch. Though over all, I think great movie.

[@srtxf]

I greatly appreciate you saying "Quebec" as "Quebec" and not as "Quwebec" It's a small thing, but so rarely heard on the EN side of youtube. Always appreciate when you mention something in French (or something Canadian, really, lol)

[@Link-dx1lx]

I'm pretty sure Amanda is canadian so she should know

[@jolakristin281]

The twilight quote was so perfect, thank you amanda!❤

[@robertkeane9393]

I would love more, they definitely left room for more with that ending.

[@its99pm]

Ana Lucia's son wants distance as he's hurt by her actions, and Daddy Dracula drifts away again after a while... so Abigail calls up Joey/Ana Lucia and suggests [insert your favorite premise here]

[@storiesinthedust]

Here to say that i am the absolute biggest baby in the world who hates horror movies, but I love watching these videos!! As a fan of movies and pop culture in general I love feeling like I’m in on the plot without having to actually scare myself 😂😂😂 thank you for keeping me relevant and nightmare free!!

[@lagabrielaa]

Matthew got a huge reaction from my friends and I - it felt like a wink at everyone who watched him as a vamp in A Discovery of Witches

[@victorcampudoni2682]

Should've kept it true to the book. Ana Lucia was a werewolf and was taking wolfsbane which gave her the same affect as morphine. Abigail Wasn't killing her father enemies, but turning them to build an army to kill him. Halfway into the book Ana Lucia embraced her wolf and turned, and the other half of the book was Ana hunting Abigail and her army.

[@Carolinefdq]

What is the name of the book?

[@victorcampudoni2682]

@Carolinefdq la contessa ballerina by Claudio Vergnani Still waiting for a sequel, it ended in a cliffhanger. He's been dedicating his time to his Grimjac series.

[@raindrops0905]

@@victorcampudoni2682 this book is nowhere to be found?

[@JDotWill]

Melissa Barrera has become one of my favorite Final Girls. Hopefully she does more horror movies

[@jeffolson4803]

Devastated to hear you didn’t vibe with Lisa Frankenstein - we watched it last night and I laughed so hard. Not perfect but definitely fun

[@AmandaTheJedi]

yeah I really thought it was going to be a homerun for me, definitely enjoyable but not as much as I was hoping so super happy people vibed with it

[@katrina2445]

Joey definitely annoyed me the entire movie. Her subpar parenting skills clouded her judgement. The girl that played Abigail was really the highlight though. She did an excellent job.

[@thememedungeonkeeper]

"You're mine." Ooh the distortion hits the ear oh so nice. I love this rarely explored aspect of Vampire lore. Feels very D&D. Like Lazar is a Vampire Lord and Abigail is one of his spawn. Very cool. And utterly terrifying. Kinda wish they'd played around with that more tbh.

[@maniicKITTYY]

3:26 RIP Angus Cloud. I really do hope the mans in a better place. I was very surprised to see him in the trailer & figured it was his final project. 😢🕊️

[@gnomie06]

I'm such a wimp when it comes to anything scary. I really enjoy getting the story from you and your commentary without having nightmares lol so thank you!

[@katherinealvarez9216]

24:09 hi Matthew Goode! You're now our go to guy for vampires.

[@KirstenMarie_MS3]

I'd be kinda pissed too if someone called me called me junkie. But I'm coming up on 13 years of recovery and completing medical school, soooo....🤷‍♀️ But the sweet tooth thing has never gone away. It activates the same pathways as the common drugs of abuse, although to a lesser extent.

[@williejones6446]

In my own head, Abigail is a Masquerade Vampire one off. Shes just a Toreador vampire havin her normal fun time.

[@FiatVentusCreations]

I just finished watching this with a friend and we loved it so much! I had started the video back when you first released this but stopped the video a few minutes in to avoid hearing more because you sold me on giving it a try. I thought the cinematography was excellent, and the balance of comedy, chef's kiss. I am so glad that I have started to find the horror styles that I enjoy because it introduced so many good pieces of media into my life.

[@alexandredesbiens-brassard9109]

One thing I'm little surprised you didn't point out is how the climax is very similar to that of Ready or Not: The female protagonist gets betrayed by the one male character that was mostly on her side throughout the movie, there is a fight that seems all but hoprless to the protagonist, but as all seems lost, the villains die in a explosion of blood, then the devil figure that had been alluded too throughout the movie shows up very briefly, acknowledges the protagonist as having done good, and let's her leave. Then the protagonist sits outside the house, covered in blood, and just indulge in a vice while trying to grapple with what just happen. Credits roll. Like the details are very different, but the basics are the same. I curious to do a double feature of thode two movies.

[@AngelofGrace96]

Okay I did laugh out loud at "those are fucking onions"

[@SD-oi9gr]

In a movie like this it all comes down to is the child actor good or annoying. The little girl who played Abigail was brilliant, totally believable as a scared little kid and even more believable as a hundreds of years old vampire demon girl. The level of acting of child actors currently is at an all time high. I used to avoid movies with children in them because the acting sucked, now the child actor can be better than the adults!

[@Sonicstriforce]

I know it may be silly since I dont watch lots of horror movies, but I think a better ending wouldve been that after thr Daughter/Dad scene and Joey starts to leave she decides that despite letting her go they dont deserve to live, so while distracted in their hug she directs sunlight at them and they blow up immediately. Its similar to Ready or Not where she doesnt care about the villains deaths, and it would be less awkward with the themeing if she just goes "Thanks for the advice but you're still demons, see you in hell"

[@kayleebrewer2755]

I'm so happy I get off of work on time to watch your videos now. Best way to come home and have dinner. Thanks ❤️

[@rolanslide8509]

Things I love about the use of Swan Lake in this movie: 1. Swan Lake was actually a frequently used motif in Universal Monster movies, including Dracula 2. It's very effective foreshadowing as Abigail transitions from the tragic, innocent white swan to the dark and vindictive black swan

[@iyona14granturismogt6gtspo7]

Uh...you missed the fact that she took the garlic and smelled it like a damn flower😅😂before beating Sammy guts up!

[@moviemania23]

Saw it opening weekend and really enjoyed it! Liked Melissa and Kathryn.

[@crystaleefyffe1230]

Was I the only one who got goosebumps and was impressed by that superb camera work on the vampire Daddy's arrival? Loved when he arrives in the doorway and stares down at Joey? For only one scene, he sure looked formidable and threatening.

[@viddergrapho8488]

KEVIN DURAN?? OHHHHH now I have to see this

[@pianogal879]

Yay! So glad you reviewed this one. Saw it last week. Wish the trailer had held more things close to the vest! Can you imagine?! 😂😂

[@stacylgh]

It was OK but my personal experience probably colored my view. I've developed POTS since the last time I watched a horror movie in the theater. Or a horror movie at all I think. We saw Abigail and it completely messed up my nervous system for over a week. Apparently it's a common issue but I didn't know. It's so crazy to watch something that isn't that scary but to have your body react like not only is it the scariest thing you've ever seen but like you're there. I had to lay down in the car on the way home. I only stayed because my husband really wanted to see it and he'd have left if he knew. I regretted that decision. I tried listening to an audio book with my eyes closed but it was too late. I don't think I'll ever be able to watch a horror movie again. My Heart Rate has shot up like hell just watching this video and writing this comment 😂 POTS is so weird!

[@arraikcruor6407]

What is POTS?

[@CantankerousDave]

@@arraikcruor6407From context, I think she means PTSD.

[@podgy5]

​@@arraikcruor6407Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) is a medical condition with lots of symptoms, but it causes issues with your heartrate

[@auroraasleep]

One of the reasons I binge on movie discussions & reviews of horror/gore movies is so I can ease into the actual film without the involuntary responses. Not POTS, but similar problems... Thank you, I'll read the opera before going to see it so there aren't any surprises. I loved Ready or Not, read the film plot, some reviews, watch the spoilers, and enjoyed the heck out of it. IDK if that would work for you.

[@OBCDeeznutz]

12:54 is me so...so often...😂 Loving horror makes you say/think weird things.

[@SingingSealRiana]

I kinda like the angle of Abigail being both a ruthless monster and a scared kid. I am a huge believer of the of you Stop aging you are kinda stuck that age, so it makes a lot of sense for abigaile to bond to the motherly figure that genuinly tried and did not backstab her . . . .also having her go free in the end makes sense from the mob angle, ypu do not unish loyality or no one wpuld wver have a reason to be loyal again . . .i agree ot cpuld have bwwn dpne and aet up better, but in itaelf I like the twist

[@brainspider]

Excellent video, just happened on your channel and gonna binge now. The worst thing with Abigail was the trailers, they gave to much away. You can see it being a haunted house scenario earlier on (doors opening on their own, etc), but the trailers instantly came out "look, little girl vampire!". I think the casting was great, but I didn't like a couple of the characters myself, but really enjoyed the film. This and Lisa Frankenstein have been highlights for me this year, Most fun I have had since Nope, Get Out and The Wretched. Also, Abigail takes place in the same world as Ready or Not, another favourite of mine from recent years.

[@5HITBOX]

Abigail has a bad hook of the vampire girl but the movie turns into a cabin in the woods trap door plots.

[@ZombieGxrl]

Dude I swear I always look forward to your reviews. Nothing but entertaining. 😅 Never stop! ✌🏻

[@alyssaakabob]

Kevin Durand is so wonderful!

[@Ash______]

I know it's weird to comment a month later, but... Fun fact: the city scenes (Abigail being being picked up by the chauffeur outside the theatre, them driving away in a van, the junction with a CCTV camera where they hide behind a big lorry etc.) were all in Dublin. The ballet venue was the BGE Theatre down in the docklands & the street they were speeding on is Rogerson's Quay, just south of the Liffey (side-note: our road traffic laws are... uh... well, let's just say that speeding like that on Rogerson's Quay in real life would *not* be an effective strategy to avoid police attention)

[@valmirdeoliveiramauro7027]

I was sooooo waiting for your take on Abigail!!!!

[@xsomili5501]

Just finished this film. Absolutely loved it from beginning to end. Loved the characters, especially dumb elon must and the blonde girl from Freaky/Society, the pacing and plot was neat, the twists were great and foreshadowed, the built up, chase and action scenes were intense. The last act was great too. Abigail actaully being grateful towards Joey was pleasant as it was tough to tell how much of her previous "human" acts were genuine, especially after killing SO many people, as seen in the pool.. So it was nice to know she is capable of empathy. Lazaar at the end, the quiver of his lips when looking into his daughter's eyes; the realizations of everything dawning upon him; that Abigail was genuinely hurt by his absence, and that she truly liked Joey and wanted to let her go. Its a breath of fresh air that the vampiric villains shows that much emotions. The ending also reminded me of Ready or Not's final scene.

[@wonderveggie]

Personally, I think this was the most fun I’ve had at a movie for a long time and I’m kind of hoping it gets a sequel. Maybe something where Joey gets her life together and is living her best when BAM. Abigail shows up with an offer Joey can’t refuse. And then shenanigans ensue . I would pay actual movie ticket prices for that

[@pixiestxNyomouf]

Hi Amanda 👋🏿 i would love a rant about Scream, Scary Movie 6 and everything around Csream? It's a different level of meta with all the controversy but i just want someone to talk about who gets the movie connections, the sattire, irony and karma of the whole situation of the film studio and the impacts

[@MimiJaneBee]

Amanda the Jedi is my Siskel and Ebert

[@heathercontois4501]

With better taste

[@MimiJaneBee]

@@heathercontois4501 true true true

[@give_em_the_Ol_Razzle_Dazzle]

This has gone on my list of favorite movies soon after watching and I have been frothing at the mouth like a feral possum waiting for you to talk about this!🥰🌈❤️