Abigail

A frequently funny dance of death.

A pack of hired goons get more than they bargained for in this inventive and nasty evil kid romp.

At the center of the chaos, Melissa Barrera commands our attention as a level-headed antiheroine with the clear goal of owning up to her past mistakes. Her solemn performance grounds the movie and its gnarly gags in real emotion.

...a brutal, bloody blast.

...the hellride that the filmmakers take us on is all the more effective for the character groundwork laid prior.

A kind of haunted-heist movie with fangs...