What's the Difference between Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter the Book and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter the Movie?
In the Book |
In the Movie |
Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln
Portrayed by: Benjamin Walker
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Henry Sturgess
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Henry Sturgess
Portrayed by: Dominic Cooper
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This Character does not appear.
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Will Johnson
Portrayed by: Anthony Mackie
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Jack Armstrong
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This Character does not appear.
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Joshua Speed
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Joshua Speed
Portrayed by: Jimmi Simpson
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Thomas Lincoln
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Thomas Lincoln
Portrayed by: Joseph Mawle
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Nancy Lincoln
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Nancy Lincoln
Portrayed by: Robin McLeavy
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Jack Barts
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Jack Barts
Portrayed by: Marton Csokas
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This Character does not appear.
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Adam
Portrayed by: Rufus Sewell
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This Character does not appear.
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Vadoma
Portrayed by: Erin Wasson
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Edgar Allan Poe
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This Character does not appear.
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William Seward
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This Character does not appear.
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Jefferson Davis
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Jefferson Davis
Portrayed by: John Rothman
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Mary Todd Lincoln
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Mary Todd Lincoln
Portrayed by: Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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Stephen Douglas
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This Character does not appear.
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John Wilkes Booth
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This Character does not appear.
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Book vs Movie
In the Book |
In the Movie |
The Vampires have no leader. |
Adam is the leader of the Vampires. |
When Abraham is eleven years old, his father tells him about vampires. |
Lincoln is told by Henry Sturgess about vampires after he is rescued from one at the age of twenty.
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Lincoln at age twelve, kills the vampire who was responsible for his mother's death. |
The owner of the plantation is Jack Barts, a vampire, who poisoned Lincoln's mother. Abe tries to get revenge at age twenty, but fails. He trains as a hunter for ten years and eventually gets his revenge on Barts and kills him. |
Abe sees the slaves as the life blood of the Vampires and becomes an Abolitionist in order to stop the flow of slave blood. |
Abe wants to end slavery because of his black friend from childhood, Johnson. He is warned by Sturgess to stick to the hunting plan.
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Willie Lincoln is killed by a vampire "assassin". |
He is bitten by Vadoma, Adam's sister as a way to mock Abe. |