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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

 -  Action | Fantasy | Horror  -  22 June 2012 (USA)
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Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to eliminate them.

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At the age of 9, Abraham Lincoln witnesses his mother being killed by a vampire, Jack Barts. Some 10 years later, he unsuccessfully tries to eliminate Barts but in the process makes the acquaintance of Henry Sturgess who teaches him how to fight and what is required to kill a vampire. The quid pro quo is that Abe will kill only those vampires that Henry directs him to. Abe relocates to Springfield where he gets a job as a store clerk while he studies the law and kills vampires by night. He also meets and eventually marries the pretty Mary Todd. Many years later as President of the United States, he comes to realize that vampires are fighting with the Confederate forces. As a result he mounts his own campaign to defeat them. Written by garykmcd

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President by day. Hunter by night. See more »


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Rated R for violence throughout and brief sexuality | See all certifications »

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22 June 2012 (USA)  »

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Abraham Lincoln: Cazador de vampiros  »

Box Office

Budget:

$69,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$16,306,974 (USA) (22 June 2012)

Gross:

$37,516,013 (USA) (14 September 2012)
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Trivia

Joshua Speed (played by Jimmi Simpson) was one of Abraham Lincoln's oldest friends dating back to their days in Springfield Illinois. Although Joshua never actually came to Washington his brother James Speed was considered one of Lincoln's oldest friends in Washington and served as Attorney General from late 1864 until he resigned in 1866. See more »

Goofs

During the Plantation scene, there are multiple close up shots of Abraham and Speed watching the dancers from the outside, through windows. Clearly the reflections of both the slaves and the vampires can be seen in the glass. However, when Henry was explaining to Lincoln that vampires had a weakness to silver and could be killed by silver weapons, he also explicitly said they don't show reflections in *mirrors* and it's implied that it's because of the silver is used in mirrors to be reflective. They can show a reflection in reflective materials that aren't silver. See more »

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[first lines]
Abraham Lincoln: [voice-over] History prefers legends to men.
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Crazy Credits

During the closing credits there are drops of blood seen racing and zigzagging across white fabric, until the camera zooms out and the trails of blood are seen to have formed a map of America divided into states. See more »


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"Time Waits for No Man"
Written and performed by Dror Mohar
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Abraham Lincoln, Super Hero
28 June 2012 | by (Texas, USA) – See all my reviews

I was really looking forward to seeing this movie after reading the book. Sadly, instead of any story approximating the book, I got a mess of not-so-special effects with a way over the top story.

During the sequence with the burning trestle bridge (I don't want to be any more specific because I don't like posting spoilers) I actually turned to my wife and said, "This is stupid." She agreed.

My 11 year old daughter liked the movie so maybe grownups weren't the target audience for this mess.

If you liked the book, keep away. If you want any kind of thought or story internally consistent story, keep away. If you want mindless depictions of the 16th president acting like a super hero, leaping tall buildings in a single bound, felling giant trees with a single stroke, performing moves that would make Jet Li proud, this is your movie.


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