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The Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is a alternative history / gothic horror mashup movie based on the novel of the same name by Seth Grahame-Smith.
The Abraham Lincoln of the title is indeed the famous US president, but in this version he has a secret identity as a Vampire Hunter. History and fantasy are woven together throughout this movie which is produced by Tim Burton.
The Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter movies is based on Seth Grahame-Smith's cult novel from 2010. The movie is being made very quickly after the publication of the novel.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is an alternate history novel. It takes real events from the life of US President Abraham Lincoln and weaves in a gothic horror storyline. Abraham Lincoln was also a vampire hunter.
Abraham Lincoln finds that his mother's death was caused by vampires and sets out to rid the world of vampire kind.
Seth Grahame-Smith wrote Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter after the success of his previous novel: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
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The release date for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is:
The title role of Abraham Lincoln is played by American actor Benjamin Walker. Walker has had a career on stage and screen including a recent role in War Boys.
The villain of the piece is the vampire Adam played by English actor Rufus Sewell. Sewell has had a really interesting career on stage and screen including the recent TV detective series Zen.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays Mary Todd Lincoln, Abrahams's wife.
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The Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter director is Russian-Kazakh Timur Bekmambetov.
Timur Bekmambetov has form in the Vampire genre. He's known for the Night Watch and Day Watch vampire movies set in modern day Moscow.
These are Russian language movies, but became popular internationally and you can get dubbed versions of the movies.
(See right for a two disc set with both Night Watch and Day Watch movies included on DVD.)
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Before writing Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Seth Graham-Smith authored Pride and Prejudice and Zombies!
This is another alternate history, horror mashup novel that gives a very different take on the Jane Austen classic.
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Before watching Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, you might want to refresh your knowledge of the real Abraham Lincoln.
This will help you place events in a historical context. Even if some of those events are given a rather different twist in the movie!
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