Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, an adaptation of the best-selling graphic novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, opens with Abraham Lincoln, as a boy, witnessing the shocking death of his mother at the hands of a vampire. As a young man, he swears vengeance and, incidentally, Abe (Benjamin Walker) later meets veteran vampire hunter, Henry Sturgess (Dominic Cooper), who apprentices him in the craft of killing the undead. Abe’s weapon of choice? An axe with a silver blade. Eventually, he finally puts his on the backburner in favor of politics becoming the 16th President of the United States. He’s only brought back to this conflict when the Civil War erupts, and he learns that vampires are backing the South.
Roger Ebert writes, “Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter is without a doubt the best film we are ever likely to see on the subject — unless there is a sequel, which is unlikely.” The film opens on June 22, 2012 and is predicted to open at around $20M domestically by the LA Times. 20th Century Fox is anticipating an opening of around $16M.
Rating: R
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Runtime: 1 hr. 45 min.
Starring: Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell and Dominic Cooper
Directed by: Timur Bekmambetov
Written by: Seth Grahame-Smith
Produced by: Abraham Productions, Bazelevs Production and Tim Burton Productions
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
Two centuries later, Barnabas is accidentally freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find his once-magnificent mansion in ruin and occupied by Barnabas’ dysfunctional descendants, all of whom are hiding dark and horrifying secrets.