One of 2024’s funnest movies is finally available to stream at home

The action horror comedy features an Irish actress in the title role.

A very loose re-imagining of '30s flick Dracula's Daughter, the film tells the story of a ragtag group of criminals previously unknown to each other who are hired to kidnap Abigail (14-year-old Irish actress Alisha Weir, Matilda the Musical), the young ballerina daughter of a very wealthy man.

After completing this job, the team are then tasked with watching over the child in a secluded mansion while they wait for a ransom.

The criminals soon find themselves trapped in the manor, however, as it is revealed that the seemingly sweet little girl is actually a bloodthirsty vampire.

In fact, the Samuel Beckett Bridge and the River Liffey's quays can be spotted as the criminals flee the scene of the kidnapping early on.

When it landed in cinemas back in April, JOE praised the film - comparing it to the modern classic From Dusk Till Dawn on account of its mid-way transition from taut crime thriller to splattery horror.

We were also full of praise for Abigail's cast, particularly the young Weir in the title role.

Here is what he said in our review:

Ahead of the movie's release, JOE interviewed Barrera, Stevens, Weir and their co-star Kathryn Newton (also excellent) about Abigail.

And during those conversations, Weir revealed that her real-life sister was "freaked out" by the levels of fake blood deployed for the film during a set visit.

Which is fair, because there is a lot of the red stuff in Abigail, as the filmmakers clearly had fun working out all the dramatic possibilities of having a group of baddies trapped in a big house with a ballerina-dancing vampire.

Abigail is available to watch at home in Ireland and the UK via NOW Cinema and Sky Cinema.

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