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Why Scream’s Directors Feel Sorry For The Cast Of Their New Movie
By JOE ROBERTS
The directing duo responsible for the fifth and sixth "Scream" films, Radio Silence's Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, are overseeing a new gore-fest called "Abigail."
In the film, a team of crooks kidnap a wealthy man's 12-year-old daughter (Alisha Weir) and hole up in a mansion while they await the ransom payment, unaware she's a vampire.
The gory trailer shows the directors have ensured the movie is a truly blood-soaked affair — to the extent that they actually felt the need to apologize to their actors.
Weir and co-stars Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, William Catlett, Kevin Durand, Giancarlo Esposito, and Angus Cloud were constantly doused in fake blood.
Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett told Total Film that while their previous projects were undeniably bloody, "Abigail" easily wins the prize for the most fake plasma shed.
"We spent a lot of time apologizing to our actors on this movie! [...] the amount of blood work in this one is... It's pretty extreme!" the directions duo said.