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Tim Burton Says He Wanted to See Lincoln Vampire Movie Before He Made It

Posted: June 23, 2012

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Tim Burton is known for (aside from his bromance with actor Johnny Depp) an affinity for quirky film premises — case in point being the strange 90′s classic Edward Scissorhands, about a young man living in a castle on a mountain in Levittown who has actual scissors for hands.

So it probably seems pretty natural that Tim Burton’s name would be attached to the just-released Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. That film is based on a novel by the same name that was published in 2010 and written by Seth Grahame-Smith, and the revisionist fiction seemed a clear-cut big-screen leap when it was released.

Now that Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter is in theaters, Tim Burton has been talking about his initial interest in the film and what drew him to it. According to Burton, he didn’t even have to read the book to know that he wanted to bring it to the big screen — the Corpse Bride creator explains:

“I just heard the idea and the proposal and right away — and I never do this — I wanted to see this movie… Something in my brain went crazy.”

While Abe Lincoln revisionism has a steampunk bent to it, Burton actually says that the premise reminded him of films he’d watch as a kid growing up in Los Angeles — he recalls:

“There was this theatre in Burbank that would show triple features of films like ‘Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde’ and ‘Blacula.”‘

But to Burton, the idea of Abe Lincoln as a vampire slayer didn’t seem to be too unbelievable — the quirky filmmaker says that seeing old pics of the former president suggested a “haunted” look that appeared he was ”hunting vampires while doing his day job as president.”

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter was released nationwide on Friday.



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10 Archived Responses to “ Tim Burton Says He Wanted to See Lincoln Vampire Movie Before He Made It ”

  1. Anonymous
    Jun 23, 2012

    hands down the dumbest premise for a movie ever.

  2. Chris Simmons
    Jun 23, 2012

    there was a movie about Justin Beiber…

  3. Anthony Dewayne Overall
    Jun 24, 2012

    did you read the book or actually go see the movie?

  4. Anonymous
    Jun 24, 2012

    I couldn't give two sh! ts about the effing haters. I love the book and the movie was great. People just need to pull the sticks from their a$$es and get a sense of humor. I am an admirer of Lincoln and I think if he were here now, he'd have a good sense of humor about it. Yeah. People hate this but they continually flock to that Twilight sh! t. At least this shows vampires being vampires. May the haters be eaten by these vampires. Do not save them, Mr. Lincoln. They deserve it.

  5. Brian Willis
    Jun 24, 2012

    No, it's dumb. The dumbing down of America is complete now. If you find this "fun", good for you. But a complete waste of 3 hours of your life I assure you.

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  8. Kelley Jones
    Jun 24, 2012

    Went and saw it, and it was very good.It never winked at the audience, and played it straight.For what ever reason, it worked, and worked well.The scene with Lincoln reciting the Gettysburg address was stirring.
    Fun and scary, a movie that will grow with time.

  9. John Gomez
    Jun 24, 2012

    not to sound like a broken record but the book was far more greater than the movie, tim burton should had read the book before making it.

  10. Pedro Olivares
    Jun 24, 2012

    Yeah but that's always the case