A Must-See Satirical Horror + History Mash-Up

Rating: 9/10 (13 October 2012)

I have to be honest...The idea first feel absurd to me.
Upon seeing the film however, i have to tip my hat to Timur for attempting something such as this. Imagine... taking a historical figure + setting and mashing it up with a concept so bizarre that it beggars belief.
Abraham Lincoln is indeed a figure well-respected in his home country for ending slavery. However, he also has slaves in his employ. This duality and conceit in his person is magnified even further in this movie. By transforming him into a vampire hunter, he is at once the savior of humanity while appearing more distant than ever from the issue of slavery. He only ends the trade because it suited his anti-vampire agenda. The fact that actions ended slavery is treated as just a by-product, rather than being the main issue.
As such, i implore you, dear reader! Visit your nearest film house and surrender your money. Not because this is a triumph of literature and movie-making. But instead, suppress your laugh at seeing an outrageous figure by treated outrageously. Sate your curiosity with the effects! Quench your expectation at the fumbling mannerism called acting.
This is an absurdist fare at its best. If you will join me in simulating approval with a cynical sneer. I confess, after torturing my eyes with this farce, laughing is a spontaneous reaction.
Bravo for this absurd concoction!