The horror thriller Abigail features many Easter Eggs and references to other vampire and horror pop culture that will intrigue fans once they recognize them. The 2024 vampire movie from the creators of Ready or Not takes inspiration from the many iterations of Dracula, depicting a group of criminals trapped in a mansion with a child vampire known as Abigail (Alisha Weir). Abigail is in spirit the daughter of Dracula, even if the character’s father is given a different name.
#8 Larry Fessenden’s Abigail Cameo
A Horror Icon Returns For Another Radio Silence Productions Cameo
The iconic horror actor, director, and producer Larry Fessenden makes a cameo in Abigail, as he has done for some other underdog horror movies in the past few years. Where Radio Silence Productions is concerned — the production company behind Ready or Not and Abigail — Fessenden has been involved with their work before. When the Abigaildirectors made the horror anthology Southbound, Fessenden made a cameo as a DJ heard on the radio in one scene.
Through cameos like this, Fessenden gives the impression of endorsing these movies, which both received strong reviews.
Perhaps as a reference to this cameo, Fessenden plays a radio DJ again in Abigail, during the scene where Joey (Melissa Barerra) deduces details about her crewmates’ pasts. Also this year, Fessenden appeared as a security guard in the hit horror and crime drama MaXXXine. Through cameos like this, Fessenden gives the impression of endorsing these movies, which both received strong reviews.
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