5 Reasons Why Abraham Lincoln Should've Been a Legit Vampire Hunter

Like the background of the French Revolution, I don't know much about America's former president Lincoln. So when I first set eyes on the novel version of this movie, I was like, "WTF?! Vampire hunter?!" and my sister shot me her scandalized look. Of course I knew it was only fictional but I can't help being intrigued. After we left the bookstore, I forgot all about how in hell could Abraham Lincoln be a vampire hunter. Weeks after that, the movie came out and some months later, the DVD rip.

DISCLAIMER: Everything that you'll read here is purely based on the fact that I find the movie awesome. No historical basis whatsoever, okay? There.

So as promised, here are the 5 Reasons Why Abraham Lincoln Should've Been a Legit Vampire Hunter.

1. His mom was murdered by a vampire. Okay. I should've written spoiler alert before that but whatever. You're gonna know eventually anyway. So in the movie, Abe and his family are slaves and they owe a guy named Jack Barts a shitload of money. When young Abe tried to stop a bad guy from hurting his friend Will resulting to his father getting in the way because the bad guy would hit him, Barts fired the Lincoln family from working in his company. The Lincolns couldn't pay their debt and so Barts took Mrs. Lincoln's life as payment one fateful night which young Abraham witnessed firsthand. From that moment on, Abe swore to avenge the death of his mother on the hands of Barts who happens to be a vampire. If this was real life, then Abraham Lincoln should've been a vampire hunter because who's better to hunt vampires than a person damaged by one, right? The drama would be freakin' priceless!
2. He gets inside information from a vampire friend. Abraham didn't know at first who Henry Sturges really was until he found him munching on a poor human in a deserted alley one night. Well, Sturges is a vampire who has a grudge on Adam, the master vampire who made him immortal. He basically made Lincoln his one-way ticket for revenge since Adam murdered his fiancee right before his newborn vampire eyes. I'd say that most of the movie's awesomeness came from Henry's character, the rogue vampire who trains a human to be a hunter because he can't kill his own kind. If this was real life, Abraham Lincoln would be the most badass vampire hunter of the century!
3. He has the baddest ax fighting skills ever. I've watched a lot of vampire movies and the most awesome weapon I found in those movies so far is the ultraviolet ammunition from the Underworld franchise. Of course until this movie came along. As they say, old school is always better. I mean, come on! Who wouldn't be blown away by someone who twirls a silver-ax-slash-gun to kill vampires? Yeah, you read it right. TWIRLS, NOT SWINGS. And I'm telling you, the action scenes are to-die-for. I practically fell in love with Abraham Lincoln after his first kill. So freakin' awesome!
4. He is a very charismatic young fellow. That's just my modest way of saying he's a tamed version of hot. Not really your everyday bad boy type of hunter who beds every girl in every city he sets foot in. He's quite a gentleman with a secret and who wouldn't find that interesting, right? Besides, his eloquence, although challenged by some, convinced his country to fight against bloodsucking immortals despite the impossibility of victory.
5. And last but not the least, he is Abraham Lincoln. He's one of the most powerful and most influential men in the history of mankind. If vampires existed and Lincoln was a hunter, no coven will survive in America and no vampire mutation will take place (e.g. shining like a diamond in the sunlight instead of burning alive).

I sincerely hope I convinced you guys to watch the movie. It's honestly one of the best vampire movies I've seen to date. As usual, kudos to the cast and to the director Timur Bekmambetov.

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