Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies
As Abraham Lincoln labors over the Gettysburg address, the importance of which he is fully aware, he learns that a menace from his past has returned, threatening to tear the already fractured nation to pieces. He must journey behind enemy lines to face an foe far more fearsome than the Confederate army: the walking dead.
Why it matters
A shambling mash-up of Civil War history and undead horror that’s as much B-movie camp as it is a curiosity for zombie completists.
- Nicholas Pinnock’s Lincoln leans into pulp heroics over presidential gravitas, giving this undead alternate history a distinctly pulpy heart.
- Practical gore effects and low-budget charm recall the early days of direct-to-DVD horror, a reminder of the genre’s sprawling ecosystem beyond festival darlings.
- Merges two enduring American anxieties—national division and apocalypse—into a goofy, if uneven, cultural time capsule.
- Not for the history buffs or high-concept horror fans, but a guilty pleasure for those who savor the genre’s wildest “what if” permutations.
Director
3 horror films in catalog
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
71
Slow Burn
0
Psychological
0
Supernatural
0
Creature
55
Disturbing
33
Fun Factor
100
Cerebral
0
Survival
50
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