Abandoned is a 2022 American horror film directed by Spencer Squire and written by Erik Patterson and Jessica Scott.

A young couple, Sara and Alex Davis, arrive at a farmhouse in the countryside with their infant son, Liam.

As the paperwork is about to be finalized, Sara asks the realtor why the house has not had anyone living in it for a long time, to which she frankly responds that there had been some gruesome incident in it many years back.

Alex says that they do not want to know about it, but Sara insists that they should, and the realtor reveals that a girl had committed suicide in the house after killing her baby and father.

Sara also opens the envelope and reads up about the incident: a young girl, Anna Solomon, used to live with her father, Robert, in the house, who she murdered along with her own child, before killing herself some forty years back.

It is revealed that she is suffering from postpartum depression, which leaves her feeling distant from her husband and son.

She hears children laughing and playing behind a locked door that has been hidden by a heavy wardrobe.

Things begin to disappear in the house —- Liam's pacifier and toy truck and Sara and Alex's wedding portrait.

One night while the three are taking a bath, Alex receives a phone call and has to leave Sara alone with Liam.

She then hears Alex calling to her, thinking he's returned home, and goes downstairs, leaving Liam in his crib.

She hears Liam cry, runs back upstairs, and finds the room behind the wardrobe has been opened.

The website's consensus reads: "Horror fans seeking effective frights will almost certainly feel Abandoned by this well-cast but deeply disappointing haunted house story.

"[7][8] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 38 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.

[9] Alexander Harrison from Screen Rant rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote: "Abandoned has a few things in its favor, but a disappointing conclusion obscures them while making the movie's flaws even more prominent.

Gallagher gets a non-character and Roberts is left hanging by being forced to play post-partum as a horror trope.

[11] Elizabeth Weitzman of TheWrap gave the film a negative review and she wrote: A listless thriller that can't find its footing, "Abandoned" does occasionally rouse itself enough to suggest a better movie that never comes to pass.