Abigail
Summary
With Melissa Barrera no longer appearing inScream 7 , the reboot trilogy ca n’t address a key part of her theatrical role ’s history , but herScream 7replacement reversed it and fulfilled this story . Melissa Barrera has become one of the New scream queens thanks to her execution in theScreamreboot timeline and more lately for her work inAbigail . TheScreamfranchisewas lend back to life in 2022 with a 5th movie , the first in a planned reboot trilogy that brought back fictitious character from the first four movies and bring out a new propagation of characters .
Among them was Sam Carpenter ( Barrera ) , who was revealed to be Billy Loomis ’ daughter . Along with her sister , Tara ( Jenna Ortega ) , Sam became the dealership ’s new Final Girl , but after lead twoScreammovies , neither is number back forScream 7.Barrera was burn down fromScream 7and Ortega left due to scheduling difference of opinion , though both already have new project in the repugnance genre . Sam ’s story , in particular , was left with many free end , but Barrera’sScream 7replacement reversed a key part of Sam ’s story , basically filling that void .
Although she wo n’t take back in Scream 7 , Melissa Barrera is satisfied with the ending Sam Carpenter got in Scream 6 , and she ’s right about it .
Melissa Barrera’s Joey Abandons Her Child In Abigail (The Opposite Of Scream’s Sam)
Scream’s Sam Had A Difficult Relationship With Her Mother
Joey worried she could n’t care for her son decently and was ashamed . InScream VI , Sam was disowned by her female parent , Christina Carpenter .
Abigailis envision as Melissa Barrera’sScream 7replacement not just for being a repugnance movie but because it ’s directed byScream(2022 ) andScream VIdirectors Matt Bettinelli - Olpin and Tyler Gillett . Abigailtakes viewer to New York City to fulfil Abigail ( Alisha Weir ) , a youthful ballet dancer and the daughter of a wealthy mankind who is abducted by a group of felon lead by Lambert ( Giancarlo Esposito ) . One of the criminals is Joey ( Barrera ) , who show more empathy for Abigail than the rest .
The whole kidnapping is later divulge to have been plan by Abigail so she could drink down the group and also in retaliation as they had all wronged her don ( Dracula himself ) in some way , but she was also doing it to clear her father ’s love and attention . Joey is a former Army field medical officer who became addicted to morphineand ended up working as an belowground medical officer for felon . One day , she fatally snick the artery of a man close to Abigail ’s founder , and this , along with her give up her boy , made her Abigail ’s target .
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Joey ’s substance consumption disorderliness led to problem with her sonand his Father-God , something that still obsess her as she worry she could n’t handle for her son decently and was ashamed . InScream VI , Sam was disowned by her female parent , Christina Carpenter , after Sam reveal the truth of her lineage to Tara , and in turn , Tara cut off their mother off . Christina had been an absent mother sinceScream(2022 ) , so in a way , Abigail ’s Joey was mirroringScream ’s Christina Carpenter , though with a different contextand motive .
Abigail ’s heist crew members are give assumed name ground on the tangible Rat Pack , but their backstories , true identities , and crimes are by and by bring out .
Melissa Barrera’s Abigail Story Fulfills An Inevitable Scream 7 Twist That Can’t Happen Now
Abigail Filled A Void By Flipping Melissa Barrera’s Roles
Joey deciding to be present for her son and be a mother is exactly what Sam needed Christina to do .
Before Barrera ’s departure fromScream 7 , the movie was expected to bring some closure to Sam ’s relationship with her mother , who was also expected to be properly acquaint after being lacking fromScream(2022 ) andScream VI . This can no longer happen without Sam and Tara , butAbigailfulfilled this through Joey . Atthe end ofAbigail , Joey decides to be the mother that her Word demand and show up for him , encourage by Abigail to do so after Joey was there for her when her Fatherhood was n’t . AlthoughAbigaildidn’t show Joey reuniting with her son , it was implied she did not long after .
Joey determine to be present for her Word and be a female parent is exactly what Sam involve Christina to do , peculiarly after the 2022 Woodsboro slaying that almost take her daughters ’ life . This part of Sam ’s story in theScreamreboot trilogy wo n’t be getting closure any longer ( and if it does , it most in all probability wo n’t be a satisfying one without Sam and Tara ) , butAbigailfulfilled that vacuum through Joey , with Melissa Barrera now being on both sides as the abandoned girl and the female parent who left .
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Abigail is a 2024 horror thriller directed by Matt Bettinelli - Olpin and Tyler Gillett . The plot of land follow a grouping of people who kidnap the daughter of a dangerous crime lord only to expose that the niggling girl is actually a vicious vampire out for blood . Alisha Weir stars as the titulary persona alongside Kathryn Newton , Melissa Barrera , and Dan Stevens .
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