Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Released Jun 22, 2012

1h 45m

Action

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

List

34%

Tomatometer

194 Reviews

50%

Audience Score

100,000+ Ratings

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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Bruce Diones

New Yorker

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.

Jul 2, 2012

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

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

Jun 24, 2012

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

The movie plays safe by cutting every theme down the middle - a swing that's effective when splitting wood or vampire skulls, but dull when applied to filmmaking.

Rated: C+

Jun 24, 2012

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Michael Leader

Den of Geek

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.

Rated: 3/5

May 7, 2024

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

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.

Rated: 1/4

Oct 4, 2022

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

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.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 26, 2022

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Daniel F

O filme se dedica a trazer uma história única, ficcional e bastante peculiar. Extremamente subestimado, e mal entendido.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/18/24

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Andrew P

Absolutely Perfect in every way.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/30/24

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Mikko S

Take it for what it is, fiction. It's a fun watch.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/14/24

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Lilith M

For a film with such a peculiar concept, it proved to be rather brilliant; going into this film, I didn't expect very much from it but I was quickly forced to put aside all of my expectations from the moment I put it on. Whilst I know very little about the history that this film is sourced from, 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' is wonderfully eccentric and strangely engaging. It is rare to find a film so silly and yet so clever, and is even rarer to find one with such an impressive spectacle of a finale. It is gripping, it is enticing, and it is so shockingly good - I would recommend this film to anyone and everyone in a heartbeat, it's safe to say that I very much enjoyed this film and, regardless to it's ridiculousness, would watch it again.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/24

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Alain M

it is entertaining, taking a big poetic freedom with history, but that is the fun part in it, don't take it seriously, just sit back and enjoy the ride and it is a thrill ride

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/01/23

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Erika P

I think it's good if you like watching and making fun of bad movies. But the 2 act gets to serious when it's a movie about Abraham Lincoln as a vampire slayer.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/31/23

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Synopsis

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
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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