October Countdown: Abigail (2023)

You’ve got to pick up every stitch
Oh no, must be the season of the witch
Must be the season of the witch!

–Donovan’s much-covered 1966 song.

The time has come and the clocks count down. Fantastic folklore fills the airwaves and the population lives in dread and suspense and fear. So, in order to detract you from the U.S. Election and other world events, we’re hosting our annual Halloween Countdown!

This October, the Bureau bleeds out thirteen seasonal film reviews (including four that share a title with Donovan’s song). We’re starting this weekend with a pair of unearthly Abigails, released a year apart.

Click below for a review, followed close by a sinister list of Halloween reviews for 2024.

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October Countdown: Abigail (2024)

“I for one would like to revisit the ‘cut and run’ idea.”
–Rickles, Abigail.

In a spooky coincidence, 2023 and 2024 saw horror films about females with daddy issues females with daddy issues, with both titular characters bearing the name, Abigail.

The 2024 Abigail is better-known than her 2023 counterpart–

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