Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

R,

2012,

1h 45m,

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Horror/

Mystery & Thriller/

Fantasy

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34%

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While still a boy, Abraham Lincoln loses his mother to a vampire's bite. He vows revenge, but fails in the attempt, narrowly escaping with his life. He is rescued by Henry (Dominic Cooper), a charismatic vampire hunter who instructs Abe in the fine art of dispatching bloodsuckers. Abe (Benjamin Walker) continues his fight against the undead well into adulthood and his presidency, making a last stand against the ultimate vampire foe (Rufus Sewell) on the eve of the Civil War's defining battle.

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Critics Consensus

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has visual style to spare, but its overly serious tone doesn't jibe with its decidedly silly central premise, leaving filmgoers with an unfulfilling blend of clashing ingredients.

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Keith Uhlich

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May 11, 2026

Four score and seven years a-whoa!

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Bruce Diones

The New Yorker

Jul 2, 2012

The violence quickly becomes numbing, and Benjamin Walker plays Lincoln without the sense of irony needed to keep the historical and supernatural sides of the story consistently entertaining.

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

Jun 24, 2012

Bekmambetov's disposable brouhaha at least achieves the minor victory of living neither up to hopes nor down to fears.

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Michael Leader

Den of Geek

May 7, 2024

3/5

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter may be a hollow sort of entertainment, but at least it's entertainment. And that, at least, is a definite improvement on Dark Shadows.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Oct 4, 2022

1/4

Instead of laughing at this movie, we could have been laughing with it and enjoying the experience rather than despising it. But Bekmambetov forgoes the obvious absurdity of the subject matter.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Jun 26, 2022

3/5

Even though "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" butchers and condenses its pulpy and popular source novel, the movie is simply fun escapist entertainment and pops off of the screen like a 3D movie should.

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Hermione S

Mar 16, 2019

My expectations were pretty low, but I somehow actually ended up liking it even less than I thought I might. The big setpieces seem to be what Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is all about, and they are so bad. Just abysmal.

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Feb 28, 2019

Anyone who doesn't see how brilliant this movie is, is beyond help. 10 stars. Amazing.

Finn G

Jan 12, 2019

The cinematography is really good, acting not so bad and is like no other vampire movie, you'll never see a president in a vampire movie.

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George S

Nov 28, 2018

Watchable, better than the title suggests

Poe G

Nov 2, 2018

One heck of a movie !!

Luke M

Sep 29, 2018

Entertaining supernatural / superpower action-adventure flick. If you are a fan of Preacher, I highly recommend giving this a watch.

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Synopsis

While still a boy, Abraham Lincoln loses his mother to a vampire's bite. He vows revenge, but fails in the attempt, narrowly escaping with his life. He is rescued by Henry (Dominic Cooper), a charismatic vampire hunter who instructs Abe in the fine art of dispatching bloodsuckers. Abe (Benjamin Walker) continues his fight against the undead well into adulthood and his presidency, making a last stand against the ultimate vampire foe (Rufus Sewell) on the eve of the Civil War's defining battle.

Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Producer: Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov, Jim Lemley
Screenwriter: Seth Grahame-Smith
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Burton/Bekmambetov/Lemley
Rating: R (Violence Throughout|Brief Sexuality)
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 22, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $37.5M
Runtime: 1h 45m
Sound Mix: Datasat, SDDS, Dolby Digital

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