Abigail (2024) on Netflix
Six criminals kidnap Abigail, a young ballet dancer, and hold her in a secluded manor for a $50 million ransom. Joey, who did not know the girl was a child, is reluctant.
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Plot summary
Lambert hires six criminals to kidnap Abigail, a young ballet dancer and the daughter of the crime lord Kristof Lazaar, and to guard her for 24 hours at the secluded Wilhelm Manor. Each of them is promised $7 million from the $50 million ransom her father is expected to pay. The group uses aliases to hide their identities: Joey, a former Army medic and recovering addict; Frank, a former police detective; Sammy, a hacker; Rickles, a Marine sniper; Peter, a mob enforcer; and Dean, a driver. Joey did not know Abigail was a child and is reluctant, but she is put in charge of the girl. Abigail tells Joey that her father will not pay the ransom and apologizes in advance for what awaits her.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Abigail (2024)
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- Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett avoided mentioning Dracula at all to set Abigail apart from other vampire movies, and dropped a planned line in which Abigail's father revealed he had killed Dracula.
- Filming on Abigail was suspended on July 14 by the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike; after the strike ended, shooting resumed on November 23 and wrapped on December 14.
- Abigail was shot in Dublin standing in for Boston, though the film never specifies the city, and most of it was filmed at Glenmaroon House, the ancestral home of the Guinness family, on the edge of Phoenix Park.
- Alisha Weir learned ballet for her role in Abigail, working it into her character's movements, and performed her own stunts.
