Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter

I enjoyed the book more than I expected to. A lot of it is just straight from the story of Abraham Lincoln's life. I like how the vampires are weaved in, somewhat seemlessly. The movie made significant changes. Ann Rutledge was left out altogether, which somewhat disappointed me. But I guess it doesn't make sense to have a movie with two love interests.

In the book, Abe kills Barts right away, his first vampire killing. He also learns about vampires from his father, not Henry. He also knows Henry is a vampire before Henry starts sending him on missions.

In general, this movie was terrible. The elegance of the book was that the author kept all the facts of Lincoln's life accurate. He just added in some vampires to explain some of the nuances, and some of the terrible deaths of Lincoln's loved ones. The author also had many vampires helping the South in the Civil War, but also a strong group of vampires assisting the North. And the great line of the book "Some people are too interesting to die" was not used at all in the movie. The biggest disappointment was when I saw on the credits that the author wrote the screenplay. UGH! I guess the changes were meant to keep more of the focus on action and carnage.