Abby's Back-story?

[Tom]

http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/co ... p?id=16045

The complexity of the character had Moretz and director Matt Reeves begin a journal to write as a back story for the character, so Moretz could get a better grasp on Abby. A back story that Moretz says is wicked all on its own.

"She started as a normal little girl," Moretz said. "Her family wasn't very wealthy but they worked. Her uncle was wealthy but was always the weird guy. He stayed in a darker house and he had animal skins everywhere. We came up with that my uncle turned me and robbed me of my innocence and made me immortal."

That relationship that she's now forgotten is what leads Abby to turn to humans as her companions that end up being very twisted relationships. Sad and romantic relationships that are "messed up and very creepy" and the basis for the core of the movie, she says.

Uncle Vamp?

[drakkar]

Sort of....

[lombano]

That relationship that she's now forgotten is what leads Abby to turn to humans as her companions that end up being very twisted relationships. Sad and romantic relationships that are "messed up and very creepy" and the basis for the core of the movie, she says.

To me this is better than a purely evil, two-dimensional monster Abby. So if, because her uncle raped and turned her, Abby is left unable to form healthy relationships, and that leads to this cyclical Let the Next One In story, though this is far inferior to the original it's still better, with more depth than the purely manipulative version; there's still something tragic about Abby.

[gymmy64]

That relationship that she's now forgotten is what leads Abby to turn to humans as her companions that end up being very twisted relationships. Sad and romantic relationships that are "messed up and very creepy" and the basis for the core of the movie, she says.

To me this is better than a purely evil, two-dimensional monster Abby. So if, because her uncle raped and turned her, Abby is left unable to form healthy relationships, and that leads to this cyclical Let the Next One In story, though this is far inferior to the original it's still better, with more depth than the purely manipulative version; there's still something tragic about Abby.

This is good to know...so Abby isn't meant to be evil, just damaged. I wonder, though, if the film will be able to convey this, because otherwise all you are going to see is this evil, two-dimensional monster that grooms and manipulates young boys for her own purposes.

[SergioB97]

Well, that's a bit different from the back-story in the novel, but if it will help portray Abby as the damaged, lonely soul that she is, I'll take it. Hopefully we'll see it on the screen.

[TΛPETRVE]

The problem is, "My evil pedo uncle Leatherface" has been done in pretty much every goddamn slasher movie in recent years, the most prominent example being Rob Zombie's Halloween remake. Doesn't really cast a good light upon Abby.

Seriously, Reeves really could have thought just a little further. Why not have her lose her family somehow (fire, civil war, whatever) and force her into child prostitution - and from THERE ON have her meet "that vampire dude" who gets her a "full time job"? Wouldn't be too much of a difference and still sound hell a lot less silly.

[cmfireflies]

gah, that's dark. There's a difference between pitiful and sympathetic. The point is, Abby has to really love Owen, otherwise viewers would just think Abby would be better off dead than alive.

[lombano]

so Abby isn't meant to be evil, just damaged. I wonder, though, if the film will be able to convey this, because otherwise all you are going to see is this evil, two-dimensional monster that grooms and manipulates young boys for her own purposes.

Well, that's an open question. We know Chloe is playing Abby as damaged, but to what extent that will actually be conveyed in the final version, in particular to what extent that will be implied by everything else in the film other than Chloe's acting, we don't know.

The problem is, "My evil pedo uncle Leatherface" has been done in pretty much every goddamn slasher movie in recent years, the most prominent example being Rob Zombie's Halloween remake. Doesn't really cast a good light upon Abby.

I don't think we know if, or how much, of the backstory will actually be shown nor, if it is shown, how closely it will match what Chloe came up with.

[Jiang_Shi]

I feel like the backstory she wrote in her journal was more of an exercise than script material. Dunno how much of it goes into the movie, but I suppose we'll see come October haha.

[gymmy64]

I feel like the backstory she wrote in her journal was more of an exercise than script material. Dunno how much of it goes into the movie, but I suppose we'll see come October haha.

There is an 'Original Vampire' (V.J. Foster) in the credits, so I would assume this would be the uncle who makes Abby. There also seems to be a scene in one of the trailers that appears to depict Abby flashing back to this incident. However, there have been accounts by two different people who saw the test screening that Abby's background isn't included:

"We never get Abby’s back story, which according to the cast list of IMDB I have a feeling was at least considered if not filmed."
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/45610

"...we soon learn that Abby is a vampire but the movie never really comes out and tells us the details of her past."
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Early-Re ... 18873.html

Since it is clear that Reeves is going with Owen as replacing the Father (who may the latest in a long line of companions), it might be wise to include something of Abby's background to explain her behavior, otherwise, it could end up making Abby look like the tween version of Miriam from "The Hunger".