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 |
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Edgar Allan Poe is a friend of Abe's and warns him about the Vampires use of slaves. Poe is later murdered by a vampire. |
Poe doesn't appear. |
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Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation as a way to starve the Vampires and helps turn the tide of the Civil War. |
Abe frees the slaves and that makes the Vampires go crazy and start attacking all humans.
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A man named Jack Armstrong helps Lincoln hunt vampires for some time. |
No Jack Armstrong. |
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Henry assigns Abe three vampire bodyguards. |
Abe's only companions are Willie and Joshua Speed.
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Abe overhears his father and Barts talking about his father's debt and foreshadows his mother's death. |
Abe sees Barts biting his mother when she's sleeping. |