The final moments of Universal’s new vampire movie Abigail debunk a fan theory related to the Nicolas Cage-starring Dracula flop from 2023.
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Abigail debunks theory connecting it to Nicolas Cage’s Dracula, revealing Matthew Goode as her vampire father.
Easter egg linking Abigail to Ready or Not sets up potential horror-comedy cinematic universe, excites fans.
Radio Silence’s new horror movie Abigail puts a twist on a classic Dracula story, but its major ending reveal debunks a theory connected to a 2023 Nicolas Cage film. While Universal had done away with its attempts to restart the Dark Universe after the disappointing critical and commercial performances of Tom Cruise’s 2017 The Mummy remake, the studio has still moved forward with new imaginings of their classic monsters IP.
Within the last two years alone, Universal has produced two big vampire horror-comedy movies, 2023’s Renfield and 2024’s Abigail, which debuted to varying successes.
The cast and characters of Abigail are largely original creations, but the story itself has a loose basis in the 1936 horror movie Dracula’s Daughter. The titular character is revealed to be the centuries-old daughter of a crime lord vampire, whose possible identity as Dracula was left a mystery ahead of Abigail’s release.
Consequently, some fans had theorized that – with both being Universal-backed vampire movies – Alisha Weir’s Abigail could be connected to Nicolas Cage’s Dracula from Renfield. After plenty of speculation, the end of Abigail features a surprising reveal that answers whether that theory is correct.
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Abigail’s Father Is Matthew Goode’s Kristof Lazar, Not Nicolas Cage’s Dracula
Abigail debunked the theory that Nicolas Cage’s Dracula is her father
As it turns out, Abigail’s father is Kristof Lazar, a vampiric crime lord who often neglects his daughter. Though his makeup isn’t too dissimilar from the vampire in the 2023 Universal horror-comedy, Abigail’s father is played by Matthew Goode – not Nicolas Cage. While some had hoped that Renfield and Abigail could be connected in a new cinematic universe, the casting of Matthew Goode as Kristof Lazar means such an occurrence isn’t likely to ever happen.
Universal’s latest vampire movie, Abigail, boasts incredible reviews, which is a reminder of what Nicolas Cage’s 2023 horror movie should have been.
Rather, he’s only referred to as Kristof Lazar, leaving it ambiguous whether this name may simply be a modern alias for the Dracula character.
The disconnect between Abigail and Renfield becomes more pronounced when realizing that the 2024 horror movie never refers to her father as Dracula. Rather, he’s only referred to as Kristof Lazar, leaving it ambiguous whether this name may simply be a modern alias for the Dracula character. Like Nicolas Cage explained in 2023’s Renfield, Dracula goes by many names, so it’s still highly probable that Matthew Goode’s Lazar is actually Dracula. Consequently, Goode’s Lazar and Cage’s Dracula can’t occupy the same space in a Universal vampire movie.
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