Salem's Lot (1979) 6.8
Vampires are invading a small New England town. It's up to a novelist and a young horror fan to save it. Director:Tobe Hooper |
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Salem's Lot (1979) 6.8
Vampires are invading a small New England town. It's up to a novelist and a young horror fan to save it. Director:Tobe Hooper |
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David Soul | ... | ||
James Mason | ... | ||
Lance Kerwin | ... | ||
Bonnie Bedelia | ... | ||
Lew Ayres | ... | ||
Julie Cobb | ... |
Bonnie Sawyer
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Elisha Cook Jr. | ... |
Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips
(as Elisha Cook)
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George Dzundza | ... |
Cully Sawyer
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Ed Flanders | ... |
Dr. Bill Norton
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Clarissa Kaye-Mason | ... |
Majorie Glick
(as Clarissa Kaye)
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Geoffrey Lewis | ... | ||
Barney McFadden | ... | ||
Kenneth McMillan | ... | ||
Fred Willard | ... | ||
Marie Windsor | ... |
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? Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
As it really is a wonderful and suspenseful vampire tale! Stephen King - not normally my favorite horror writer - has created one of the absolute BEST modern vampire tales in this story, and this mini-series translation is absolutely true to the feel of his tale! Instead of splatterfest effects , this show hinges itself on a high-tension spiderweb of plotlines and sets up the vampire more as a behind-the-scenes controlling evil. The terror here is not in seeing the monster, it is in NOT seeing him and knowing that he and his minions are out there, somewhere, plotting and planning with the heros stumbling blindly after them like toddlers in the dark. Give this show a chance! It may just scare you!