When you want your horror movie to make a lot of noise, you embrace Radio Silence.
In the case of this year’sAbigail(out this weekend), it’s all about the vampire ballerina.
“We still might!”
Scream (2022), Abigail, Ready or Not.Scream: Courtesy of Paramount Pictures; Abigail: Bernard Walsh/Universal Pictures; Ready or Not: Eric Zachanowich
(Justin Martinez was also a member for a time, and Gillett would join later.)
“When we started doing it in 2007, 2008, everything was sketch comedy-ish.
So we decided that we really didn’t want to do sketch comedy.
Angus Cloud, Kathryn Newton, Kevin Durand, Dan Stevens, Melissa Barrera, and Will Catlett in ‘Abigail’.Bernard Walsh/Universal Pictures
We wanted to go in a different direction.
For us, there was something about introducing horror that really surprised people.”
So I think we really want to punch people in the face right at the beginning."
Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega in ‘Scream VI’.Philippe Bosse/Paramount Pictures/Everett
Bernard Walsh/Universal Pictures
That defines Radio Silence’s current run of horror films, especially their most recent.
They are to hold her at a safe house overnight and wait for the pick-up the next morning.
And because she was kidnapped shortly after a ballet performance, Abigail does so in blood-caked tights.
“Abigail is a bloody vampire wearing a tutu.
That’s great,'” Gillett says.
“They love blood,” she says.
“They love blood, and they love sweat on actors.
When actors look disheveled and sweaty and dirty and bloody, they love that.
So I know that it’s going to be a lot of that, which I also love.
So check, check.”
She also knows that, no matter what, it’ll be a fun set.
“They’re in there with everyone.”
“We have a ton of love and respect for the team,” Gillett explains.
They see the fifthScreamentry as their film for everyone else who loves the franchise.
“That was a nice stepping stone towardsAbigail.”
AfterScream, Radio Silence feels like they’re getting back to basics, in a way.
We were never worried about the rules of any existing stories in any lineage," he explains.
“We were free and clear to be as weird and have as much fun as possible.”
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