Official Score = 2 1/2 Devils[/caption]A little over a year ago I first came to discover that Producers had been making horror movies surrounding specific elements in history.... What I mean by that for example is the movie, Shock Waves (1977)... Now this movie is a pretty awesome movie that told the story of how a group of people wound up on an Island that is not just home to a former Nazi, but a Scientist from Nazi Germany that had actually created true to form Nazi Zombies!
I have to admit that after seeing that movie I found that the concept of Nazi Zombies in horror movies were pretty awesome and have since tried to find similar movies to enjoy! Since then I have also come to see the movie Bloodstorm (2012)...
Definitely a lesser addition to the concept of the Nazi Zombie movies, but I also came to discover a different type of horror movie that has elements of history in it, that is movies having to do with Abraham Lincoln going to war with the supernatural originally just in the movie, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)...
Now I haven't seen it yet, but it does appear to be a rather fascinating movie... I mean you can't go wrong with Abraham Lincoln kicking Vampire butt! The reason that I mention all of this is because I just recently saw a movie that incorporates what I have mentioned in an awesomely B Movie sort of way called, Abraham Lincoln Vs. Zombies (2012).
Written by: Karl T. Hirsch (Green), J. Lauren Proctor (Gen) and Directed by: Richard Schenkman (The Man From Earth). Starring: Bill Oberst Jr. (Take This Lollipop), Jason Vail (Gut), Jason Hughley (Broken Angel), Eric Galloway (Distraction), Ronald Ogden (Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell), Shane Gray (Savannah), Christopher Marrone (The Escapist), Don McGraw (Coma), Baby Norman (The Miracle), Hannah Bryan (Where Strippers Go To Die) and Canon Kuipers (Blood Of Man).
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Abraham Lincoln (Bill Oberst Jr.) and his secret service detail as they are heading off to fight against the Zombie Apocalypse![/caption]Now the truth is, is if you are looking for an A list horror movie, then you are looking in the wrong place... I mean it is almost impossible to make a historic epic as a horror movie... Never the less this movie is pretty awesome and tells the story of how a young Abraham Lincoln is tasked with taking care of a Zombie that had effectively killed his father... When he grows up and becomes President of the United States, and toward the tale end of the Civil War, Lincoln, (Oberst) gets a report from one of his Soldiers, that a special mission that he had sent 30 Soldiers on had not only failed, but the man that had made it back actually had come back claiming that his men had been killed by the dead...
Lincoln went to check it out, and came face to face with a Zombie... After killing the Zombie though, he gets a Secret Service detail and sets off for the Fort where the mission that brought back the man who had fought off the Zombie horde had original been sent! Once Lincoln and his men arrive though, they will be faced to face with a battle of epic proportions that will bring together some of histories most well remembered men, (including: Teddy Roosevelt (Kuipers), Pat Garrett (Marrone), General Stonewall Jackson (McGraw), and John Wilkes Booth (Vail).) If these historical legends can't win the day, then this 19th Century Zombie apocalypse may destroy the world!
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Ole honest Abe as he is fighting off the Zombie Apocalypse![/caption]In the end, it is true, if you are not a fan of B Movies, then chances are that you probably won't like it... I mean this movie has all of the great cheesy one liners of a B Movie. It also had some great B Movie talent, but the one thing above all else that I am really happy to see, is that this movie has what I would consider to be some A list special effects! So if you are a fan of B Movies (that have A list movie potential), or would just like to see historical figures kicking Zombie butt, than I think you might like this one... I did!
