I have watched this movie at least 3 times. And I like it a lot. The original was also very very good. I loved the book. Salem's Lot was maybe King's best book.
I watch a lot of movies, but many blockbusters I just cannot watch, although some blockbuster movies are good.
But this is a good movie, even though not a blockbuster.
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Agree with a lot of your post. There are some things that this one does well, and other things that is better in the 1979 film. An example of something that the 1979 movie did better that this one is the meet of Mike Ryerson with Matt after he came back. Even assuming that Matt was gay, (he wasn't gay in the book) the scene just did not work.
This was a good film in my view as well. And while I really liked the novel a bunch, it is not my favorite SK story. That is The Stand.
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Can you dig it? I knew that you could!
Watching today, and it is good.
And what fresh Hell is this?, Malory from Archer(Dorothy Parker)
Salem's Lot was the first Stephen King book I'd ever read. Word got around high school that it was scary, and it was the first book I'd read. It was also the first book to scare the crap outta me and give me nightmares. I've also found King's books hard to translate onto the screen due to his skill at describing the monsters and other creepies that we can see in our minds. With the exception of Pennywise the Clown, I can't think of any King TV or movie frightening character that scared me on the screen. And the only entire books I felt that had it all were "It" and "The Stand," and they still can't match the books.
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