Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- brooding
- earnest
- violent
- action movie night
- horror movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film visually stylish and occasionally effective as a monster action movie, but judged its overly serious tone and unstable blend of historical epic and supernatural pulp incoherent.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Abraham Lincoln’s documented public life is interwoven with an invented career as a vampire hunter and a hidden vampire war.
Lincoln’s pursuit of the vampire who killed his mother expands into a campaign linked to slavery, the Confederacy, and national survival.
The American Civil War is presented through vampire combat, stylized set pieces, steam locomotives, and heightened battlefield imagery.
Lincoln balances law, marriage, and the presidency with nocturnal vampire hunting under Henry Sturgess’s guidance.
Films like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and why
Van Helsing
supernatural action, historical revisionism, and stylized monster combat
Dracula Untold
period fantasy, vampire mythology, and heightened action spectacle
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
historical figures reimagined through pulpy supernatural violence and comic-book spectacle
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
stylized vampire action, revenge themes, and gothic fantasy world-building
Movie Details
- Director
- Timur Bekmambetov
- Release Date
- 2012-06-20
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 (3651)
Cast
- Benjamin Walker
- Dominic Cooper
- Anthony Mackie
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead
- Rufus Sewell
- John Rothman
- Marton Csokas
- Alex Lombard
- Jimmi Simpson
- Teri Wyble
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter about?
- Abe Lincoln turns his axe against the vampires hiding behind America’s most violent historical conflict.
- What is Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter as graphic.
- What did critics think of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?
- Critics broadly found the film visually stylish and occasionally effective as a monster action movie, but judged its overly serious tone and unstable blend of historical epic and supernatural pulp incoherent.
- Which films are like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?
- Films with a similar feel include Van Helsing, Dracula Untold, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.
- How long is Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?
- Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter runs 105 minutes.
- Where can I watch Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?
- In United States, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter streams on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel.
