Abigail | 2024 | R | – 1.9.10

Why is “Abigail” rated R? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “strong bloody violence and gore throughout, pervasive language and brief drug use.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes a near kiss, several scenes of people exploding into bloody mist, many scenes of vampire attacks on humans and other vampires with bloody results, a bloody vomit sequence with torrents of blood, many scenes of a child vampire fighting with others and being both threatened and threatening, many arguments, and over 150 F-words and other strong language. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.

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A criminal gang abducts the young daughter (Alisha Weir) of an underworld boss, and they hide in an isolated mansion hoping for a big payoff, unaware that they’re actually trapped with a child-sized vampire. Also with Kathryn Newton, Giancarlo Esposito, Dan Stevens, Kevin Durand, Melissa Barrera, Matthew Goode, Angus Cloud and William Catlett. Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett. [Running Time: 1:49]

Abigail SEX/NUDITY 1

 – A man and a woman stand close to each other and seem to nearly kiss. A man sits on a bed wearing a mask and startles a woman who’s watching TV; he asks if she wants to “vibe out” and offers her some liquor, as she screams and tells him to leave the room. A man kisses a woman’s hand.
► A man makes a comment about keeping sexual activity to a minimum, using crude terms.
► A woman wears a low-cut cropped top that reveals cleavage, bare abdomen and back throughout the movie. A woman wears a short skirt with patterned tights. A man falls asleep after drinking a lot and another man draws a penis on his cheek with a marker.

Abigail VIOLENCE/GORE 9

 – A man goes to a kitchen and a door behind him squeaks and opens; he goes into a store room where he sees a rat and turns to leave, he hears the rat squeal and go silent, he turns around again and as he is leaving, something grabs him by the feet, he falls and hits his face on the stairs and is dragged off-screen; we see him later seated in a chair and when a woman tries to grab him by the shoulder, his head falls off (we see that his head is severed at the neck and blood and matter are visible) and she screams.
► A young vampire girl tackles a man to the floor and stabs him in the chest repeatedly with a crucifix he wears around his neck (blood splatters on him and the child and stains his shirt); another man tries to stab the child with a wooden stake and she gets it away from him and stabs him in the leg (he yells in pain and we see blood and the stake through his leg). A man and a woman with guns search a house, we hear a noise and gurgling and the woman goes to check on the man as he falls dead to the floor (part of his face and throat are missing and we see blood, tissue and teeth). A vampire woman chases a man and another woman through a house and they stand in sunlight in the room; the woman walks into the sunlight and explodes spraying blood and matter all around the room and the two people. A young vampire girl breaks a metal cage door open and attacks a man, a woman opens a window and sun shines on the girl’s arm causing it to melt away, as the child screams (we see blood and tissue and watch as the arm appears to be re-growing). A man bites another man on the neck and we see the bloody wound on his neck; the first man then opens a vein in his own wrist and pours blood in the other man’s mouth and we see the second man as he gurgles and gags and vomits a torrent of blood. A man stabs another man through the back with a wooden stake and he explodes into a spray of blood and matter. A man bites a young girl on the neck and we hear slurping as he drinks her blood and she falls limp in his arms; a woman tries to stab the man with a wooden stake and he throws her against a wall, then up on a balcony, they struggle and he continues to throw her into walls and glass shelves. A man stabs a woman through the shoulder with a poker and pins it into a wooden chair back as she screams and tries to free herself (we see blood), the man pulls the woman off the poker slowly and she screams and he bites her on the neck. A young vampire girl fights with a man and he throws her hard to the floor (she crumples unnaturally then gets up and we hear her bones popping as she straightens herself out). A man is stabbed in the chest with a wooden stake and he explodes spraying the room with blood and matter.
► A man and a woman hold guns on each other, another woman wrestles the gun out of the man’s hand as we see a handcuffed child break the bones in her own hand to free herself and the second woman screams as the child opens her mouth to reveal many sharp teeth, she jumps on a man and bites him, and another man shoots her in the head and blood sprays on the wall behind her (we see the blood wound); the girl falls to the floor motionless, then revives, wipes the blood from her head (the wound is gone) and charges toward others in the room that rush out and lock her in. A woman shoots a young vampire girl several times and we see bloody spots on her clothing (she heals quickly). A young vampire girl chases a man, he slams a door behind him and she breaks through it, she twirls and jumps toward him and he falls over the railing, crashing to the floor below and she pushes another man down a flight of stairs. A young vampire girl strangles a man on the floor and a woman pulls the child away; the girl bites the woman on the arm and drags the man by the leg, and starts to fly off the floor lifting the man in the air as he yells. A man strangles a woman and slams her against a pole knocking her unconscious.
► A woman hears a voice in her head and sees a wound on her arm healing, she bites a man on the throat and pulls a chunk of flesh off (we see blood pumping out of an artery) and she bites him again as he yells (we see her with many pointed teeth in her mouth and her eyes have changed color). A woman searches a house and opens a large chest that looks like it could be a coffin (there is nothing inside); she stumbles back through a door and falls into a swimming pool that is filled with decaying bodies (we see the bodies with some gaping wounds) and goo and we hear flies buzzing as she screams and struggles to get out. A man roars at a woman and we see his many sharp teeth.
► A young vampire girl dances on a stage holding a headless body (we see blood on the body and on the child’s mouth and face). A woman shoots a man in the side to make him stop what he is doing (we see a bloody spot). A puddle of blood is seen on a stage.
► After kidnapping a child, several people try to leave as a man returns home, security lights come on and sirens blare; they get out and speed away in a vehicle. A man climbs on the roof of a structure and takes aim at a house in the distance. A woman cocks a gun and gets into the back of a waiting car. A man enters a room with a child handcuffed inside and holds a gun on her when she sees his face; he yells and threatens to kill her as she cries. A man tries to leave a house and cannot open a heavy metal gate; another man charges it and slams it with his shoulder but it doesn’t budge and many heavy doors close over the surrounding windows. People with guns patrol a dark house and hear noises. A man has a large splinter in his finger and complains about it.
► A man grabs a child, she screams, struggles and stabs the man in the hand with a pencil (we see the bloody wound); a woman injects the child with a sedative, she is zipped into a bag and carried out of a building to a vehicle. A young girl is shown blindfolded and handcuffed in a bed and she cries and asks a woman if she is going to hurt her; she tells the woman that her father doesn’t care about her.
► A young vampire girl threatens to gorge herself on the blood of several people. A young girl says that a man is going to hurt her. A young vampire girl is shown locked in a cage and she talks to a man about how he and others beat her and tortured her. A man sits on a bed wearing a mask and startles a woman who’s is watching TV; she screams and tells him to leave the room. A woman is described as a medic and that she was discharged because she was shooting up morphine and that she nicked a man’s artery during a procedure, killing him. People describe a crime scene where bodies were found ripped apart and their organs were missing but there was no way in or out of the room. A woman argues with a man about a job being about a child. A man lists what he thinks another man is involved in, including drugs, weapons and human trafficking. A woman describes a man probably having been bullied in school and by his father. A man says that he is leaving and does not want to participate in a job anymore; he and other people argue.
► A man falls asleep after drinking a lot and another man draws a penis on his cheek with a marker. A man has a scar on his head. A close up shows a bear rug with the animal’s mouth open and sharp teeth exposed.

Abigail LANGUAGE 10

 – About 160 F-words and its derivatives, 1 obscene hand gesture, 1 sexual reference, 27 scatological terms, 6 anatomical terms, 3 mild obscenities, name-calling (pack of rats, hacker, black hat, undead [anatomical term deleted], puppet, insane, big boy, weird, victim, freak, bored, meat sacks, weak, disloyal, inebriate, moron, dumb dumb, Nosferatu, stupidest, little miss paranoid, skinny, messed up, stupid, messy, insane, sociopath, junkie), exclamations (boo-hoo), 2 religious profanities (GD), 12 religious exclamations (e.g. oh my God, God, Holy [scatological term deleted] Jesus Christ, anti-Christ, Jesus [F-word deleted] Christ, Jesus Mar, a man kisses a crucifix on a chain around his neck several times). | profanity glossary |

Abigail SUBSTANCE USE

 – A woman chews on lollipops in a couple of scenes and we are told that she is a recovering addict, a child is injected with a sedative in two scenes, a woman opens a case that contains 2 hypodermic needles that contain sedatives, and a man smokes in several scenes and it is unclear whether it is marijuana or tobacco. People are told that there is plenty of liquor in a house and we see them drinking in several scenes and they are sometimes shown to be inebriated, a woman is offered a drink and she declines, and a man drinks from a flask.

Abigail DISCUSSION TOPICS

 – Kidnapping, estranged parents, risk, vampires, bullying, professional failure, trust.

Abigail MESSAGE

 – Sometimes easy money isn’t so easy.