Storytelling, is perhaps even more adept as a man better equipped than most to craft a living, breathing organism on the page, here building a town

King, beyond his mastery of the art of essential The source novel is a hefty one, full of vivid portraits of small town life in classic King fashion. (Reggie Nadler) that has its eye on converting the townsfolk into his bloodthirsty minions. Dangerous investigative legwork leads them to believe that Straker is a front man for a terrible vampire known as Barlow Mounts and it soon becomes apparent to Ben, Susan, and the Glick boys' friend Mark Petrie (Lance Kerwin) that a sinister evil looms over, and Of something terrible, tearing the family apart and putting the town on edge. Local boys Ralph and Danny Glick (Ronnie Scribner and Brad Savage) run afoul And in short order strange things begin to happen. Meanwhile, the Marsten house's new occupant, a peculiar yet proper gentleman known as Straker (James Mason), slowly sets in motion his As that relationship blossoms, so too does a bloodsucking darkness brew in the Lot's shadows. No sooner does he settle into the boarding house does he meet Susan Norton (Bonnie Bedelia), a young lady he catches reading his bookĪnd who quickly catches his eye. As a fallback, he moves into a long-term rental at a boarding house run by Eva Miller (Marie It's been sitting vacantĭecades but only recently sold prior to Mears' inquiry. Marsten House that sits on a hill at town's entrance, a house of which he has none-too-fond – scarring, in fact, - memories. He's returned to work on his latest novel, looking for seclusion and, perhaps, inspiration, particularly from the old, supposedly haunted Widower and Writer Ben Mears (David Soul) arrives in the small town of Salem's Lot, a familiar stomping ground, the place where he spent his Of the retooling may not please fans of the novel, but as an essential retelling that hits all of the high points it's rather good and a good bit of

Page-to-screen adaptations the film is not entirely faithful, and some

Town and its big vampire problem to the small screen with commendable fidelity to King's source novel. Publication, Director Tobe Hooper ( The Texas Chain Saw Massacre) brought this sprawling story of a small Itįollowed on the heels of his Supernatural debut hit Carrie (itself later adapted for the screen in a fine film from Brian De Palma).

Salem's Lot was the second novel now prolific, and iconic, Author Stephen King had published, now four-and-a-half decades ago in 1975. Reviewed by Martin Liebman, March 25, 2021

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