Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Play trailer

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

R

2012

1h 45m

Action

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

Fantasy

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

34%

Tomatometer

193 Reviews

50%

Popcornmeter

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.

Watch on Fandango at Home

Stream Now

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.

Read Critics Reviews

Keith Uhlich

(All (Parentheses)) (Substack)

May 11

Four score and seven years a-whoa!

Go to Full Review

Bruce Diones

The New Yorker

07/02/2012

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.

Go to Full Review

Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

06/24/2012

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

Go to Full Review

Michael Leader

Den of Geek

05/07/2024

3/5

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.

Go to Full Review

Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

10/04/2022

1/4

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.

Go to Full Review

Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

06/26/2022

3/5

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.

Go to Full Review

Read all reviews

Jeff H.

@RT22857732 Apr 30

Thought this movie was awesome!

See more

CO F

@RT14021986 Apr 23

You had to be there.

See more

stanley S.

@SaulsCPA33 Jan 31

Fun and silly and dumb and easy to watch

See more

Ry N

@RyGuy Jan 27

After losing his mother to a vampire attack, Abraham Lincoln is trained by a vampire hunter to avenge her with his ax. This movie ridiculously follows many Abe tropes that makes it work more as a comedy.

See more

Mickey B.

@Mickerdoo Jan 18

Almost exactly what you’d expect minus a terrible stampede scene. Excessive smoke felt like FX cop out. Liked vampires being confederate.

See more

Sven P

@NevsEdirp Dec 6

A lot of action. A clear good-versus-evil. Sure there are tropes and deus-ex-machina moments. Sure parts are predictable But it was so much fun.

See more

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

POST RATING

Timur Bekmambetov

Director

Benjamin Walker

Abraham Lincoln

Dominic Cooper

Henry Sturgess

Anthony Mackie

Will

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Mary Lincoln

Rufus Sewell

Adam

The Wolfman

32%

33%

The Wolfman

Watchlist

The Purge: Anarchy

58%

56%

The Purge: Anarchy

Watchlist

The Purge: Election Year

55%

48%

The Purge: Election Year

Watchlist

TRAILER

for The Purge: Election Year

Blood: The Last Vampire

23%

33%

Blood: The Last Vampire

Watchlist

The Belko Experiment

55%

40%

The Belko Experiment

Watchlist

TRAILER

for The Belko Experiment

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

Halloween TV 2019: Scary Streaming and Television Series, Episodes, Specials, Movies, and Marathons

Halloween TV 2018: A Guide to October’s Episodes, Specials, Movies, and Marathons

Critics Consensus: Brave Is Rousing and Heartfelt

View more photos

Synopsis

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.

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, Fantasy
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