Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - The most historically inaccurate vampire movie?
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - The most historically inaccurate vampire movie?
I was originally going to ask: Which vampire movie is more historically inaccurate, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter or... And then I realized I couldn't think of any other vampire movie that actually tries to pretend it's taking place in the "real world" like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. I mean, any inclusion of vampires immediately makes a movie a fantasy, but are there any other vampire movies that attempt to include actual historical events? I know there are vampire movies set in "The West" or in "World War II" but I can't think of any that actually point to exact dates/events like this one.
Anyway, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter isn't that bad of a movie. For the most part, it's a fun movie about hunting vampires in the 1800s. The only real problems arise when it tries to shoe-horn aspects of Abraham Lincoln's real life into the narrative. It drags the movie to a halt. I know that's the whole gimmick behind this movie, but it's the weakest part. If this movie was just "fun vampire hunting in the 1800s" it would've been better. Instead, the movie tells a fun story about someone dedicating his life to getting revenge on vampires... and he also happens to become president. The "real life" aspects don't even intersect with the story they're trying to tell. It's weird.
Here's a trailer. You can watch it on Hulu if you haven't seen it.
Fun fact. The architecture is more historically accurate than in Lincoln (the serious biopic that came out at the same time).
https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/blog/more-historically-accurate-lincoln-or-vampire-hunter
I’ve listened to the audio book of the book this was based off of and the sequel and I loved them. It’s not accurate to history no not in the slightest but it is really funny to see an actually well written and thrilling story where. Lotta spoilers ahead
lee harvey oswald was the one who shot Kennedy but the Russians were involved though a certain KGB handler Virginia Dare (yes the Roanoke one) who got turned into a vampire. Oh yea it was a vampire that destroyed Roanoke and Henry was a member of the colony. Yea so there’s a little taste of the insanity of the second book The Last American Vampire a crazy ride but a good read/listen.
I recently watched Shadow of the Vampire, which asked the question "What if Max Shreck was a real vampire during the filming of Nosferatu (1922)?"
An interesting premise, but it really bothered me that Shadow of the Vampire pretended that all of Shreck's scenes were filmed at night. When you watch Nosferatu's "nighttime" scenes with Count Orlock, you can clearly see him casting a daylight shadow. Afterwards, they tinted the scenes blue to simulate moonlight.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter was a hilariously bad movie, and it was in no way historically accurate. It's not as good/bad as Bubba Ho-Tep or Killer Klowns From Outer Space, but entertaining for a couple of hours.
Oh very much historically inaccurate. They took a lot of liberties, but I viewed it like a DC comic or movie that has 'elseworld' takes on the main character. I will say this about the movie, it is hella fun for entertainment, and not a bad story, liberties taken aside.
This was originally a book, written in a journal style. It was alright.
I think Pride & Prejudice & Zombies worked better. Also, from what I remember, I feel like that movie did a better job of integrating zombies into the story than this movie did with vampires. So I think this movie was also "alright", much like its source material.