The film begins with a young Abraham Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) witnessing the brutal murder of his mother, Nancy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), by a vampire, Jack Barts (Marton Csokas). This traumatic event sets Lincoln on a path of vengeance and destiny. As he grows up, he becomes aware of a centuries-old war between vampires and humans. With the guidance of Henry Sturgess (Dominic Cooper), a seasoned vampire hunter, Lincoln learns the skills to combat the undead.
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The film recontextualizes Lincoln’s tragedy through a horror lens. The death of his mother at the hands of a vampire merchant becomes the inciting incident for his rail-splitting, axe-wielding vengeance. Benjamin Walker plays Lincoln not as a caricature, but with a strange, grounded gravitas. He bridges the gap between the brooding superhero archetype and the stovepipe-hatted icon we know from the penny. It is a performance that understands the assignment: treat the absurdity with deadly seriousness. The film begins with a young Abraham Lincoln