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Bloody ‘Attack the Block’ Red Band Trailer Goodness

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I hate being the victim of overhype, something I’ve been pretty lucky to avoid by creating Bloody Disgusting. But occasionally a film gets by me and I end up catching it after a wave of clips, trailers and serious buzz.

David Harley was among the first ever to see Joe Cornish’s UK sci-fi horror flick Attack the Block, which preemed to a huge response at this past March’s SXSW Film Festival.

I caught the flick tonight, and it’s for real. Only, it’s not the Holy Grail as many make it out to be. Lower your expectations just a bit and get ready for a really, really, really good time on July 29. You can’t ask for more in the middle of summer movie madness.

Ranting aside, a new red band trailer has found its way online for the flick that follows a gang of South London teenagers defending their housing project home against an alien attack. As preluded, the trailer is its own enemy as it gives away a lot. My recommendation is to avoid EVERYTHING and just GO SEE IT. I can’t wait to hear what you guys think of the flick produced by the dudes behind Shaun of the Dead. They do have a eye for talent…

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Horror movie fanatic who co-founded Bloody Disgusting in 2001. Producer on Southbound, V/H/S/2/3/94, SiREN, Under the Bed, and A Horrible Way to Die. Chicago-based. Horror, pizza and basketball connoisseur. Taco Bell daily. Franchise favs: Hellraiser, Child's Play, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Scream and Friday the 13th. Horror 365 days a year.

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‘Abigail’ on Track for a Better Opening Weekend Than Universal’s Previous Two Vampire Attempts

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In the wake of Leigh Whannell’s Invisible Man back in 2020, Universal has been struggling to achieve further box office success with their Universal Monsters brand. Even in the early days of the pandemic, Invisible Man scared up $144 million at the worldwide box office, while last year’s Universal Monsters: Dracula movies The Last Voyage of the Demeter and Renfield didn’t even approach that number when you COMBINE their individual box office hauls.

The horror-comedy Renfield came along first in April 2023, ending its run with just $26 million. The period piece Last Voyage of the Demeter ended its own run with a mere $21 million.

But Universal is trying again with their ballerina vampire movie Abigail this weekend, the latest bloodbath directed by the filmmakers known as Radio Silence (Ready or Not, Scream).

Unlike Demeter and Renfield, the early reviews for Abigail are incredibly strong, with our own Meagan Navarro calling the film “savagely inventive in terms of its vampiric gore,” ultimately “offering a thrill ride with sharp, pointy teeth.” Read her full review here.

That early buzz – coupled with some excellent trailers – should drive Abigail to moderate box office success, the film already scaring up $1 million in Thursday previews last night. Variety notes that Abigail is currently on track to enjoy a $12 million – $15 million opening weekend, which would smash Renfield ($8 million) and Demeter’s ($6 million) opening weekends.

Working to Abigail‘s advantage is the film’s reported $28 million production budget, making it a more affordable box office bet for Universal than the two aforementioned movies.

Stay tuned for more box office reporting in the coming days.

In Abigail, “After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl.”

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