Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
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President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.
What critics thought
Critics largely found the film too grim and self-serious to deliver on its gleefully absurd premise, with the horror and history elements never coalescing into anything satisfying. A minority of reviewers pushed back, finding genuine style and even earnestness in the action sequences and Benjamin Walker's lead performance — but that split mostly breaks along the lines of whether you think the concept needed a wink or a straight face.
“The historical epic and the monster movie run on parallel tracks, occasionally colliding but never forming a coherent whole.”
Richard Corliss·Time
“What ideally might have been playful and knowing is instead uptight and dreary, with a visual scheme that's so fake and cartoony, it depletes the film of any sense of danger”
Christy Lemire·Associated Press
“This insipid mashup of history lesson and monster flick takes itself semi-seriously, which is truly deadly.”
Joe Neumaier·New York Daily News
“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has heart to spare, and the occasional silvered bayonet to run it through.”
Marc Savlov·Austin Chronicle
“A stylish slasher of a movie, a monster flick that does its vampires right, if not their real-life counterparts”
Scott Bowles·USA Today
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- moderate
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Action, Fantasy, Horror
Cast & Crew
Timur BekmambetovDirector
Benjamin WalkerAbraham Lincoln
Dominic CooperHenry Sturgess
Anthony MackieWill Johnson
Mary Elizabeth WinsteadMary Todd Lincoln
Rufus SewellAdam
John RothmanJefferson Davis
Marton CsokasJack Barts
Alex LombardGabrielle
Jimmi SimpsonJoshua Speed
Teri WybleHenry's Wife
Cameron M. BrownWillie Lincoln
Frank BrennanJeb Nolan
Henry JackmanComposer
Seth Grahame-SmithWriter
Caleb DeschanelCinematographyAbraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.
What critics thought
Critics largely found the film too grim and self-serious to deliver on its gleefully absurd premise, with the horror and history elements never coalescing into anything satisfying. A minority of reviewers pushed back, finding genuine style and even earnestness in the action sequences and Benjamin Walker's lead performance — but that split mostly breaks along the lines of whether you think the concept needed a wink or a straight face.
“The historical epic and the monster movie run on parallel tracks, occasionally colliding but never forming a coherent whole.”
Richard Corliss·Time
“What ideally might have been playful and knowing is instead uptight and dreary, with a visual scheme that's so fake and cartoony, it depletes the film of any sense of danger”
Christy Lemire·Associated Press
“This insipid mashup of history lesson and monster flick takes itself semi-seriously, which is truly deadly.”
Joe Neumaier·New York Daily News
“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has heart to spare, and the occasional silvered bayonet to run it through.”
Marc Savlov·Austin Chronicle
“A stylish slasher of a movie, a monster flick that does its vampires right, if not their real-life counterparts”
Scott Bowles·USA Today
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- moderate
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Action, Fantasy, Horror
Cast & Crew
Timur BekmambetovDirectorBenjamin WalkerAbraham LincolnDominic CooperHenry SturgessAnthony MackieWill JohnsonMary Elizabeth WinsteadMary Todd LincolnRufus SewellAdamJohn RothmanJefferson DavisMarton CsokasJack BartsAlex LombardGabrielleJimmi SimpsonJoshua SpeedTeri WybleHenry's WifeCameron M. BrownWillie LincolnFrank BrennanJeb NolanHenry JackmanComposerSeth Grahame-SmithWriterCaleb DeschanelCinematographyStream
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