Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter (2012)

This is not a good movie. Based on the same titled 'mash up novel' by Seth Grahame-Smith, whose Pride and Prejudice and Zombies worked far better as a film, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter is just that, our 16th president hunting vampires. The movie wedges the undead menace into a very simplified narrative of Lincoln's life, this movie hates superfluous characters, leaving out any real world siblings, romantic interests, children, friends and associates not absolutely necessary to the plot, and replacing them (when it can be bothered to) with composites. The early parts, particularly the young Mr. Lincoln in Illinois parts, work best, once he's president it becomes a whole new level or ridiculous. Jefferson Davis countenanced slavery, but would he have countenanced vampires? Still, it was strangely watchable. **