Representatives of the mashup novel always seem a bit bizarre because they usually combine well-known texts or characters cross opposite genres. Author Seth Grahame-Smith is very good at this and turned the famous US President Abraham Lincoln into a vampire hunter in his novel.
A year earlier he published a mashup novel in which he mixed Pride and Prejudice and zombies, but the book was only made into a film in 2016. Is the concept absurd or brilliant? See for yourself, because Abraham Lincoln – Vampire Hunter is on TV today.
That’s what the action film Abraham Lincoln – Vampire Hunter is about
Director Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) filmed the material with Benjamin Walker in the lead role, using various stations from the president’s real life reinterpreted with horror scenes become.
The young Abraham loses his mother at a young age killed by a vampire became. He is now supported by his mentor Henry Sturgess (Dominic Cooper), who teaches him to control his aggression because Abraham is seeking revenge.
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Abraham Lincoln – Vampire Hunter
The young man finds out that his mother’s murderer is the owner of a plantation where the vampires use the slaves to satisfy their bloodlust. This is how Lincoln, as the 16th President of the USA, decides to abolish slavery. As a result, there is not only a civil war between the Unionists and Confederates, but also a fight between the humans and the vampires.
Abraham Lincoln – Vampire Hunter: Studios fought over the rights to the absurd story
One of the most famous and popular presidents of the United States follows his political ambitions by day and becomes an axe-wielding vampire hunter by night – who would have thought that the same thing would happen several studios tore around the material. In a bitter bidding war, 20th Century Fox ultimately won the race.
Seth Grahame-Smith not only provided the literary source, but also the script. Tim Burton secured the film rights and stayed on board as producer, it was for the two of them not the first collaboration. Just six months earlier, another Burton vampire film, Dark Shadows, which Grahame-Smith also co-wrote, was released. The comedy has something that critics of Abraham Lincoln criticize: humor. On Rotten Tomatoes, where the film only has one Rating of 34 percent received, it says:
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has visual style to offerbut its overly serious tone doesn’t fit its decidedly silly premise, leaving moviegoers with an unfulfilled mix of contradictory ingredients.When is Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter on TV?
The vampire killer does his work Thursday, January 25th up at 11:05 p.m VOX. The channel will repeat the film on Saturday, January 27 at 10:50 p.m. Abraham Lincoln – Vampire Hunter is also available as a Disney+ subscription, and you can also stream it on Amazon and WOW.
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