Are we about to jump the shark on the whole vampire thing? I love vampires– they’re interesting, mysterious, and kinky in a Gothic horror way. But a mash-up with Abraham Lincoln? Seth Grahame-Smith has penned the just released Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. If you’ll recall last year Grahame-Smith wrote the well received Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Apparently in his new book Abe’s mother was killed by a supernatural creature, which fueled his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers. The novel depicts Lincoln as an axe-throwing, highly trained vampire killer.
Ok, nothing about the 16th president says sexy or fang fighter to me. And wasn’t Lincoln a Protestant? What the hell do Protestants know about hunting vampires or dealing with the supernatural? You need a Catholic priest or an ex-priest for that sort of thing. The Roman Catholic Church still has the Rite of Exorcism on the books, they must know something we don’t about the supernatural.
At any rate, directors Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov have reportedly already optioned the novel and are interested in producing a big screen version. We all know Tim Burton does things that go bump in the night (Legend of Sleepy Hollow) and Bekmambetov proved his vampire credentials with the 2004 Russian film Night Watch.
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I saw a blub about this and thought the same thing. Lincoln wasn’t a practicing anything. For my money the most logical choice for a president/vampire hunter would be FDR complete with tricked out wheelchair or George Washington as a vampire turned vampire hunter. Think about it. It would explain the wooden teeth.