To kidnap Tiny Dancer and hold her at a country pile for 24 hours, awaiting the ransom.
Despite a one-note role, Melissa Barrera is likeable as the audience hook.
And Weir gives a terrifically sly, then savage, turn as the girl with all the gore-guzzling gifts.
And a face-melting shriek.
The pat revelations about their pasts stir little interest, too.
The deaths are exuberantly grisly and explosive, too, the sound mix relishing every gooey squelch.
When Abigail attempts to justify her actions, its with a whatever shrug.
OK, shes a girl give or take a few centuries who just wants to have fun.
But the filmmakers needed to bring more narrative meat to the messy massacre you surely saw coming.
Abigail is in US theaters and UK cinemas from April 19.
For more scares, here’s our guide to all of theupcoming horror movieson the way.
