Abigail–Everyone hide, it’s more creepy little girls

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One recurring fear in scary movies and series seems to surpass all the others–creepy little girls. From The Shining to The Ring to the new vampire horror flick Abigail, we’d all just as soon duck in the corner and cover our heads than to watch another movie with the single element that makes you run out of the theater or jump out of your seat every time some evil filmmaker writes them into a script.

We’ve discussed this strange horror element many times before, found front and center in scary flicks with one or more creepy little girls–enough that we defined its own sub-genre–and not only do we acknowledge them we recommend them, too. From Poltergeist to The Ring to The Exorcist, Let Me In, Paranormal Activity 3, The Watcher in the Woods, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, The Sixth Sense, The Shining, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, The Alphabet Killer, We Are What We Are, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Turn of the Screw, House at the End of the Street, Orphan: First Kill, Crimson Peak, The Others, and The Woman in Black… they give us the heebie geebies, but if we want to see something that gets us to lift up our feet in the theater seats, it seems the secret weapon for filmmakers is clear.

After a group of criminals kidnap the ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, they retreat to an isolated mansion, unaware that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl. How often do creepy little girls movies feature all-star casts? Check out a trailer for the latest: Abigail, a vampire gore fest starring Scream’s Melissa Barrera, Freaky’s Kathryn Newton, Legion’s Dan Stevens, The Mandalorian’s Giancarlo Esposito, The Offer’s Matthew Goode, and Alisha Weir as The Monster…