The Radio Silence team delivers yet another fun, commercial horror movie that is slick, efficient and very entertaining. An eclectic gang is hired to kidnap the twelve-year-old ballet-loving daughter of a notoriously nasty crime boss and babysit her at an isolated mansion for twenty-hours for a huge ransom. Soon they uncover far more than they expect, the big twist - as unnecessarily revealed in the trailer - being that she is a vampire as they become trapped and picked off as her latest victims. Balancing humour and horror very well, sound design, set design, SFX and music score all make very strong contributions, and there are some absolutely gleeful Grand Guignol moments. The ensemble cast generally works well, with Dan Stevens as ever head-and-shoulders above the rest, Melissa Barrera relentlessly adequate and Angus Cloud good fun as stoner-driver Dean. Pretending to be nothing more than hugely entertaining popcorn fodder, Abigail delivers very well. Whilst watching it on a cinema screen, a curious throwback thought occurred: this would have looked great in 3D!
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