This film was a bit better than 'meh', but not much. It started off pretty good actually but after Abigail's reveal it just goes over the top and gets rather stupid in some places. But it did make me realize something general about the genre': vampires just aren't scary anymore. I guess that depends on who is making the film but in general vampires have become either gory or sexy but not really frightening. I had the same feeling when I was watching the "Interview..." series. Not to go off topic here, but I thought season 1 was really good in the re-framing of the novel lore. I enjoyed it. But season 2 is actually kinda boring. Then I realized that an old saying applies here: 'familiarity breeds contempt'. In this case familiarity isn't scary. The power of the vampire lies in their mystique; in their supernatural qualities. There more we learn about them the more 'natural' they become; the less mysterious they are and hence the less scary. And there's really nothing mysterious about Abigail either. It's a competent action film with a lot of gore and comically neo-generic vampires. I didn't hate it but there was no horror in the film, just over the top gore and undead people with big fangs and super powers. It was ok for romp but nothing was scary. It'd be fun to see some scary vampires again someday.
