A novelist and a young horror fan attempt to save a small New England town which has been invaded by vampires.A novelist and a young horror fan attempt to save a small New England town which has been invaded by vampires.A novelist and a young horror fan attempt to save a small New England town which has been invaded by vampires.
- Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
- 4 nominations total
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The successful writer Benjamin "Ben" Mears returns to his hometown Salem's Lot, Maine, expecting to write a new novel about the Marsten House. Ben believes that the manor is an evil house that attracts evil men since the place has many tragic stories and Ben saw a ghostly creature inside the house when he was ten. Ben finds that the Marsten House has just been rented to the antique dealers Richard K. Straker and his partner Kurt Barlow that is permanently traveling. Ben meets the divorced teacher Susan Norton that is living with her parents and they have a love affair. Ben also gets close to her father Dr. Bill Norton and his former school teacher Jason Burke. When people start to die anemic, Ben believes that Straker's partner is a vampire. But how to convince his friends that he is not crazy and that is the truth? —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Iconic terror from the No 1 bestselling writer.
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- PG
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- TriviaJames Mason jumped at the chance of playing a servant of evil, loving the script. This was fortunate as he was producer Richard Kobritz's first choice for the role of Mr Straker.
- GoofsWhen the younger Glick brother is abducted (and later presumably murdered by Barlow) he's wearing a jacket, t-shirt, dungarees and sneakers. After which, he appears to his brother wearing pajamas.
- Crazy creditsThe text of the opening credits appear and dissolve piece by piece into each other in a jigsaw puzzle fashion.
- Alternate versionsSalem's Lot originally aired as a 2-night mini-series with the first episode airing on November 17, 1979 and the second episode airing the following week on November 24, 1979.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Stairs (1986)
Top review
The vampires floating outside windows freaked me as a child.
I first saw this in the early 90s on a vhs. Revisited the 183 mins version recently aft reading Coventry's review but unlike Coventry, I am very generous with a 9 cos of some lovely memories of this movie n of the late 80s n early 90s. Renting horror movies' vhs by saving school pocket money n enjoying em was amazing.
This review is for the 183 mins version.
The grave scene of Geoffrey Lewis frightened me then and the scenes of the vampires levitating/floating outside windows creeped me out then. Found it spooky n eerie. The settings of that of a small town is always enjoyed by most genre fans. This movie nailed it by the less populated one. The film has strong character development, nice atmosphere n some shocking scenes. Watch out for the deer antlers one.
Fright Night borrowed heavily the concept of a vampire moving into a house while his servant makes the preparations. Lost Boys borrowed the concept of vampires floating outside windows.
This film borrowed the make up effects from the 1922 Nosferatu. Reggie Nalder with his bald, rodent-like sharp teeth, pale skin n long fingernails may remind of Max Schreck. Jus a year prior to this movie, Reggie Nalder played Van Helsing in the pornographic Dracula sucks.
The grave scene of Geoffrey Lewis frightened me then and the scenes of the vampires levitating/floating outside windows creeped me out then. Found it spooky n eerie. The settings of that of a small town is always enjoyed by most genre fans. This movie nailed it by the less populated one. The film has strong character development, nice atmosphere n some shocking scenes. Watch out for the deer antlers one.
Fright Night borrowed heavily the concept of a vampire moving into a house while his servant makes the preparations. Lost Boys borrowed the concept of vampires floating outside windows.
This film borrowed the make up effects from the 1922 Nosferatu. Reggie Nalder with his bald, rodent-like sharp teeth, pale skin n long fingernails may remind of Max Schreck. Jus a year prior to this movie, Reggie Nalder played Van Helsing in the pornographic Dracula sucks.
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- Nov 20, 2020
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