For history buffs, it’s a guilty pleasure. For action fans, the train sequence alone is worth the rental. And for anyone tired of “important” period pieces, it’s a bloody, joyful blast.
Here’s a content piece exploring Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter — the 2012 film, not a “movie” typo, but a stylized horror-action reimagining. Most movies about Abraham Lincoln show a solemn man in a stovepipe hat, delivering the Gettysburg Address. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter gives him a different kind of speech: one delivered with a silver-tipped axe. The Premise (Spoilers for a 12-year-old film) Based on Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel of the same name, the film reimagines the 16th president’s life as a secret war against vampires. After a vampire kills his mother, young Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) is trained by the mysterious Henry Sturges (Dominic Cooper). Lincoln doesn’t just abolish slavery — he learns that vampires are the ones perpetuating it, feeding on enslaved people and using the cotton trade to build their power. abraham lincoln: vampire movie
A flawed, fascinating cult film that takes its absurd premise deadly seriously — and that’s exactly why it works. “I’ve never been one for speeches.” — Abraham Lincoln (in the movie), before killing a vampire with a pocket watch. For history buffs, it’s a guilty pleasure