Vampire Hunter, which opens wide on Friday, tells the story of the president’s life with a revisionist twist: that Lincoln’s discovery of a vampire plan to take over the United States fueled his White House ambitions and the U.S. Civil War.

To the eccentric Burton, who has directed such quirky movies as “Edward Scissorhands” and “Beetlejuice,” turning a revered historical figure into a vampire slayer isn’t that much of a stretch.

Walker, who’s an American history buff, says Lincoln’s real-life story parallels that of a superhero character such as Batman — someone who had “something traumatic happen to him as a young man and then he realizes that he has to focus his life to the good of humanity.”

The filmmakers also stressed it was essential their vampires fit with the time period and the tone of that day.

Besides pairing a beloved president with vampires, Grahame-Smith couldn’t resist noting another oddity about his summer movie: