Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter splashed onto the scene roughly a week ago and raised the eyebrows of many who have never heard of the book it’s based on, much less the genre mash-up film from Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov.
What they saw was a slightly alternate take on old Honest Abe’s history, one that involves pesky vampires being responsible for the start of the Civil War. Abe isn’t one to stand down, so he learns the way of the axe, hits the battlefield and chops up as many vampires as he possibly can.
There’s more to Seth Grahame-Smith’s story which he adapted for the screen from his own book of the same name. He lost his mother to a vamp at an early age and honed his vampire extermination skills over time. He’s also faced with stopping the vampire’s ultimate objective: to turn the entire United States into their own personal refrigerator that they can grab a human snack out of any time they want.
Here’s the Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter international trailer that footage-wise is identical to the North American trailer. What’s different is Dominic Cooper, playing Abe’s mentor, adding words of wisdom throughout the trailer that would get any warrior pumped up and ready to brawl.
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter stars Benjamin Walker as Abraham Lincoln, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jimmi Simpson, Dominic Cooper, Rufus Sewell, Robin McLeavy and Anthony Mackie. The vampire carnage will kick off in theaters on June 22, 2012. And in 3D where available, of course, because flying severed vampire heads are more fun when they fly right at your face.
