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"Few creatures of the night have captured our imagination like vampires.
What explains our enduring fascination with vampires? Is it the overtones of sexual lust, power, control? Or is it a fascination with the immortality of the undead?"

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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - The most historically inaccurate vampire movie? (infosec.pub)

submitted 3 weeks ago by jericho_cross@lemmy.zip to c/vampires@lemmy.zip

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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.

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[–] TammyTobacco@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This was originally a book, written in a journal style. It was alright.

[–] Hammerjack@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

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.