Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

In 1818, Abraham Lincoln lives in Indiana with parents Nancy and Thomas, who work at a plantation owned by Jack Barts. There, Lincoln befriends a young African-American boy, William Johnson, and intervenes when Johnson is beaten by a slaver. Because of this, the Lincolns are fired. That night, Lincoln sees Barts break into their home and attack Nancy, who falls ill and dies the next day. Nine years later, Lincoln attempts to kill Barts at the docks in revenge but discovers that he is a vampire. Before Barts can kill him, Lincoln is rescued by Henry Sturges, whom he had met earlier at a bar. Sturges offers to teach Lincoln how to be a vampire hunter using his preferred weapon of a single-edged felling axe, and he accepts. After a decade of training, they travel to Springfield, Illinois. Sturges explains that the vampires in the United States descend from Adam, a powerful vampire who owns a plantation in New Orleans with his sister, Vadoma. Sturges reveals the vampires' weakness is silver and presents him with a silver pocket watch. In Springfield, Lincoln begins hunting vampires named in letters by Sturges, befriends shopkeeper Joshua Speed and meets Mary Todd. Though Sturges warns him of forming close relationships lest his loved ones are attacked by vampires, Lincoln develops romantic feelings for Mary. Later, Lincoln successfully finds and kills Barts, but not before learning Sturges is also a vampire. Lincoln confronts Sturges, who reveals that Adam turned him and killed his wife, as his soul was impure, and hers was not. Vampires cannot kill each other, so Sturges needs hunters like Lincoln to get his revenge. Feeling betrayed, Lincoln abandons his mission, but his actions have been noticed by Adam, who lures Lincoln to his plantation in the South by kidnapping Johnson. In the mansion, Adam hosts a ball that turns into a feeding frenzy where the vampires attack the slaves. Lincoln watches from outside and then breaks in to save the day, but he is captured by the vampires. Adam tries to recruit him to his cause to turn America into a nation of the undead, but Lincoln refuses before the two are rescued by Speed. They find safe passage to the North with the help of Harriet Tubman. Lincoln marries Mary Todd and begins his political career, campaigning to abolish slavery, despite Sturges warning him that the slave trade keeps vampires under control due to being their food source. After Lincoln's election as President of the United States of America, he moves to the White House with Mary, where they have a son, William Wallace Lincoln, who is later bitten by Vadoma as retaliation and dies. The civil war erupts; after Confederate President Jefferson Davis convinces Adam to deploy his vampires to the front lines, Lincoln orders the confiscation of all available silver to be melted and cast into silver weapons. Speed seemingly betrays Lincoln by informing Adam about the train transporting these weapons, which Adam then attacks after setting fire to an upcoming trestle. During the fight, Speed is killed, and Adam learns that the train holds only rocks, revealing Speed's betrayal was a ruse to lure Adam into a trap. Lincoln uses his watch to punch Adam, killing him, before escaping with Sturges and Johnson as the burning trestle beneath the train collapses. Meanwhile, Mary, Harriet Tubman, and many freedom seekers transport the silver to Gettysburg through the Underground Railroad. While delivering the silver to the army, Mary recognizes Vadoma and kills her by shooting a silver necklace bearing the sword of one of William's toy soldiers. Armed with silver weapons, the Union soldiers destroy the vampires and turn the tide. Nearly two years later, on April 14, 1865, Lincoln celebrates the end of the war. Sturges informs him that the remaining vampires have fled the country and tries to convince Lincoln to become a vampire, who declines before leaving with Mary for a play. In modern times, Sturges approaches a man at a bar in Washington, D.C., just as he once did with Abraham.

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