A man and his son vacation to the quiet vampire populated town of Salem's Lot.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Michael Moriarty | ... | Joe Weber | |
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Ricky Addison Reed | ... | Jeremy Weber |
| Samuel Fuller | ... | Dr. Van Meer | |
| Andrew Duggan | ... | Judge Axel | |
| Evelyn Keyes | ... | Mrs. Axel | |
| Jill Gatsby | ... | Sherry | |
| June Havoc | ... | Aunt Clara | |
| Ronee Blakley | ... | Sally | |
| James Dixon | ... | Rains | |
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David Holbrook | ... | Deputy |
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Katja Crosby | ... | Cathy |
| Tara Reid | ... | Amanda | |
| Brad Rijn | ... | Clarence | |
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Janelle Webb | ... | Sarah (as Georgia Janelle Webb) |
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Robert Burr | ... | Dr. Fenton |
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Joe Weber is an anthropologist who takes his son on a trip to the New England town of Salem's Lot unaware that it is populated by vampires. When the inhabitants reveal their secret, they ask Joe to write a bible for them. Written by Patrick D. Rockwell <prockwell@thegrid.net>
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11 September 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Salem 2 - Die Rückkehr See more »Edit
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$12,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Ricky Addison Reed, who played Jeremy Weber, never appeared in any movie before or after this movie. See more »Goofs
Boom mic visible a minimum of six times during the scene where Jon interrupts the Judge's dinner party and they talk around the table. See more »Alternate Versions
All German Version have been cut to reduce violence See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Return To Salem's Lot fits into a select category of films I like to label ONE A.M. HBO Specials. These were the films HBO showed to death between 11pm and 6am during the mid-to-late 80s, when there weren't 500 other movie channels to choose from. HBO never showed Casablanca or other TCM-type classics, so their stable was somewhat limited. Some were cheap teen-sex comedies (Summer Job, Bikini Car Wash Company), while others were cheapie underground horror flicks (Clownhouse, Student Bodies, Night of the Creeps). RTSL falls into the latter category. If you watch this film the way it was likely intended to be seen (as a campy drive-in special, worth viewing at 2am simply because it beats watching Sha-Na-Na), then it can be quite entertaining in its way. Many of these 1am cheesefests also featured unknown up-and-coming stars (Clownhouse had Sam Rockwell, RTSL has Tara Reid), as well as established actors at the tail-ends of their careers (Andrew Duggan is downright wonderful in RTSL).
Granted, not every horror film is The Shining. But movies like RTSL definitely have their place.