Asylum has announced another gem, this time beating Seth Grahame-Smith’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter to the punch. Principal photography is nearly complete on Abraham Lincoln Vs. Zombies, another direct-to-DVD Asylum production. Written and directed by Richard Schenkman, Asylum’s version stars Bill Oberst Jr. as Lincoln, and is set for a May 22 release.

The exclusive first pics show  Bill Oberst Jr. in full Lincoln-mode and a continuity shot of Perry Foster as a lead zombie, created by the production’s key make-up artist Renonda Anderson, whose credits include AMC’s The Walking Dead and Dance Of The Dead. Check out the synopis and exclusive first look below.

While the Civil War rages on, President Abraham Lincoln must undertake an even more daunting task; Destroying the Confederate Undead. “I think horror fans are a lot smarter than we are generally given credit for,” says Oberst. “Zombie fans will love it, of course, but so will those into alternate history, a big interest of mine; while battling the zombie scourge Lincoln encounters General Stonewall Jackson (Don McGraw) his old love Mary Owens (Baby Norman) and a young Teddy Roosevelt (Canon Kuipers) and every one of them is presented as they were in history. It’s like an unknown chapter in a very kick-ass history book.”