Back in 1931, Tod Browning's beloved Universal adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula opened with a title card set to the main theme of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. Abigail, the latest horror movie from Scream directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, opens in a similar way: with its titular character ballet-dancing to the orchestral tune.
"That was on the page, in the first script," Bettinelli-Olpin tells GamesRadar+. "It just said, 'Abigail, in a rehearsal studio, dancing to Swan Lake' and we just loved it, to tie-in with the original Dracula right off the bat." (We hope that pun was intended).
