You might have been too young, or too scared or coddled to watch it when it originally aired. But I wasn't. See, I'm 45 years old, and so remember the days of manual tuning and aerial rotors. I'm one of fraternal twins who always bickered, but when Mr. Barlow finally made his jarring appearance I held my sister so close -- It was like we were in the womb again together.
Great movie, I had to pay almost 20 dollars for this and i got a good price so he was very lucky to find it for 5 dollars but the review is very good ..I remember i had a crush on Bonnie Bedelia when i saw this film in 1984 and i still do. This is the best vampire movie ever and a classic,the way vampires should be,this is really a special movie.
I havent seen it but I read the (awesome) book. The only thing I don't like about it from what it seems is that Kurt Barlow has a more monster-like design, while in the book he looks like a normal human being. I like the idea from the book better. But I heard the mini series is very different from the book
@8989billy Return to Salem's Lot is a dreadful movie. It has no correlation with the original and is just a cheap sell out, marketed on the original brand.
Excellent movie, and excellent book. The head vampire Barlow is one of the most terrifying monsters (in my opinion) in Hollywood history. Still gives me the creeps, and I have seen this mini-series many times, and know all of the scary parts. Today's vampire movies have nothing on Salem's Lot (1979).
"horror movies....in snapper cases" wow you just took the word nerd to a whole new level with that opening line....aside from that i have no quarells :)
curious what store did you find it in a bargain bin, I was too young to even know Salem's Lot was on TV back then. I first heard of it when I was a teenager in the 80's, Ive always been curious of it. There have been times I had the chance to see it, but knowing it was made for TV and it being a horror movie, I felt the storyline would be watered down. I think watching the TV version of the Shining made me skeptical, I really didn't like that version.
Awesome review!!! Great movie!! The sequel sucked major dick in 1987,,, but the remake in 2004 w/ Rob Lowe was awesome, but not as good as the 1st but still good
Twilight, is that the thing that looks like one of those perfume adverts with models, I could watch that in a hut in a forest at the dead of night & my only fear would be dying of boredom at all these James Dean lookalikes and supermodels poncing around. I saw Salem's lot as a teenager in 1981 & it still terrifies the life out of me. The pace of the film is beautiful as the sense of impending terror increases. It is the benchmark in horror, possibly only The Exorcist comes near.
Listen here man...I couldn't agree with you more here......FUCK "Twilight!" This film Salem's Lot 1979 was excellent, and still is! The 2004 remake was just awful! They just don't make em' like they use to do they? You said that this was a slow-paced film, and that may be...but the only people who would be bored with it are these little cell-phone obsessed, "twittering," texting, Justin Beiber brats of today! Long live Salem's Lot....and just like you said, FUCK twilight!! Good review!! =D
Pity Warners have not given the film a decent DVD outing, no extras or cast interviews, just a bare bones release. Disgusting. This version is the 183min full length feature film and not the butchered european mini series which made no logical sense, far too many cuts and the story is completely lost. The full length version is the only version worth viewing.
can u plz do the a return to salem's lot movie review its not on youtube i really want to see what other people think of it thanks again bro have a nice day. :)
The true fire of Salems Lot is in the written page. This was King in all of his Speed fueled glory writing like a madmen. No movie could ever be as terrifying as this mans writing.
Hate to sound cliche. Loved the David Soul version of the movie the 04 version was cool, edgier than allowed for TV in 1979 but not as true to the story. ( Liberities taken on the Marten backstory, Ben's writing carrer i.e. a contoversial book involving Desert Storm???, etc) Both movies had hot Susan's ( 79 a young Bonnie Bedelia) cont...
actualy the movie version did have a few changes over the miniseries. 1. the guy is forced by the sheriff to put the gun in his mouth insted of just in front of his face. 2. more blood on the victems necks. 3. you see the guy that falls into the basement impailed on the knives insted of just hearing it. 4 the guy that gets impailed on the antlers you see them come all the way through him and when he dies his eyes are open and there is blood coming out of his mouth.
Whooooo Twight blows! Scary that this film was made the year I was born, whatever that happens I'm reminded that I'll be 31 in a little over a week. I'm like how did that happen? lol
Hi Sean, I've got Salem's Lot (the David Soul Version, the one your talking about) on VHS (PAL) and I also have the sequel A Return to Salem's Lot on VHS also... Have you seen that one? And I have the region 2 DVD release on Rob Lowe's Salem's Lot which I thought was brilliant! The book is brilliant too.
Love this film/series. I remember when the BBC showed the series and I am still not sure they knew what they hab bought as it had so many complaints from people who had the shit scared out of them
The Videos are coming fast and furious and I love it! I still have yet t check out a lot of these titles you have been reviewing.But, after the reviews I feel like checking them out. I planned on watching nothing but horror this month but never got around to it.
No ten year old should be forced to watch Salem's Lot like I was by my dad. It scared the fucking hell out of me and gave me nightmares for years to come. He thought that shit was funny. My dad is a piece of shit for that.
@Sithtroy That reminds me of a story where my dad was trying to "protect" me while I was watching a scary movie by having me look away during one of the gorier parts. So all I could hear was the SOUND of that scene...lots of sawing, ripping, rending, spurting, chopping...leaving it ENTIRELY up to my fertile young imagination to determine what was happening. That made it FAR more disturbing than what was actually happening on screen. Thanks, dad! I should do a video about that one.
this film is pretty good, not in my top 10 horrors, or even Stephen King adaptations, but otherwise worth a watch...
PS i think you've missed the point of Twighlight its real melodrama to the best of that definition, which doesnt always mean hamming it up, and overacting.
And with that rational, do the vampires in Salems Lot spread the plague, or sexually transmitted dieseases. nope, well they should.
@rorrt The only way I find Twilight even remotely watchable is to watch it with the RiffTrax commentary going. It's just....so....awful. And this is coming from ME, someone who's usually VERY forgiving when it comes to flaws or "badness" in movies. But there's "so bad it's good," ie: insert name of favorite cheesy b-movie here, then there's just "so bad it's painful to watch." For me, Twilight is firmly in the latter category. As a long time vampire fan, it just infuriates me.
But i wouldnt neccaserily describe it as a vampire movie, vampires feature. But its not really about them. Like Rocky its a film about boxing but not really.
i think its alright, its above par for my ratings, but not really worth a second watch.
Salem's Lot (1979)>>>>Salem's Lot (2004). When I first watched Salem's Lot (1979) version I always had a hard time to go to bed at night. When I watched the remake in 2004 I slept like a baby. It wasn't as scary compared to the original movie.
Totally agree on "Freddy's Nightmares", I've never seen any of it, I would so love to see 'em cause I'm like a huge Krueger fan, but I'm too young to have seen the series on television, so yeah, release it, us young fans wanna see it!!!
@kassemir Freddy's Nightmares is soooo cheesy, but a must for Freddy fans to see at least once. Kinda like a lighter, gorier Twilight Zone. Freddy hosts most episodes ala Rod Serling, but is also IN a lot of the stories as well. I loved it, chess-fest and all.
@Zaranyzerak I kinda new that it was similar to "Twilight Zone", I've read about the show, just never watched it. They also spoofed the first episode of the show on a "Treehouse of Horror" episode, they said it on one of the commentaries. So I kinda have an image of what it must have been like, but I've never seen any of it, cause it's really hard to find. Let's hope they put it out sometime, but since they didn't do it as part of the new film, they're probably not gonna put it out, sadly : (
@floyd75dylan Yeah, that's usually the case. But at least they did it as a mini-series, allowing them the running time to do a more properly thorough adaptation.
ginger snaps, near dark, nosferatu(1979), shadow of the vampire, blade, vampire hunter D : bloodlust, the lost boys[original], fright night, from dusk til dawn, underworld and of course dracula:dead and loving it are all great vampire movies
@Blehhh49 Because they're creepy as hell? Like I said, Nosferatu is one of the all time great images of evil in cinematic history (not to mention a great movie). I think you just proved my point! :D
I have not had a lot of luck with vampire movies, i'm a huge buffy the vampire slayer fan and I really like interview with a vampire and bram stokes Dracula was good to, but other than that not much, do you have any other recommendations.
You might have been too young, or too scared or coddled to watch it when it originally aired. But I wasn't. See, I'm 45 years old, and so remember the days of manual tuning and aerial rotors. I'm one of fraternal twins who always bickered, but when Mr. Barlow finally made his jarring appearance I held my sister so close -- It was like we were in the womb again together.
Slinkylabcat 4 weeks ago
My fav horror of all time, Salems Lot, fantastic!
spanglehoff 1 month ago
By the way i bought mine recently and is not a snapper case is just a normal case.
cressi777 1 month ago
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cressi777 1 month ago
Great movie, I had to pay almost 20 dollars for this and i got a good price so he was very lucky to find it for 5 dollars but the review is very good ..I remember i had a crush on Bonnie Bedelia when i saw this film in 1984 and i still do. This is the best vampire movie ever and a classic,the way vampires should be,this is really a special movie.
cressi777 1 month ago
This movie scared the F out of me when I was a kid.
SoCalFreelance 1 month ago
@SoCalFreelance , Me too, was nine or ten, proper scary, that and I found Poltergeist scary as hell also.
patterjak 1 month ago
I havent seen it but I read the (awesome) book. The only thing I don't like about it from what it seems is that Kurt Barlow has a more monster-like design, while in the book he looks like a normal human being. I like the idea from the book better. But I heard the mini series is very different from the book
mrserjmalakian 1 month ago
Nice review :o)
ruffa65 2 months ago
Bro could u review the movie Return To Salems lot?? I can't find a review to it. So if u could that would be great. Thanks again and great review. :D
8989billy 2 months ago
@8989billy Return to Salem's Lot is a dreadful movie. It has no correlation with the original and is just a cheap sell out, marketed on the original brand.
ruffa65 2 months ago
Well done review!
rickw1100 2 months ago
Excellent movie, and excellent book. The head vampire Barlow is one of the most terrifying monsters (in my opinion) in Hollywood history. Still gives me the creeps, and I have seen this mini-series many times, and know all of the scary parts. Today's vampire movies have nothing on Salem's Lot (1979).
johndous1970 4 months ago
I love this movie, and the book, this movie it's really diferent from the book, but has something special
CraigKruegger 5 months ago
"horror movies....in snapper cases" wow you just took the word nerd to a whole new level with that opening line....aside from that i have no quarells :)
kevdawg55 7 months ago
In The Stand, i cried when Nick died, i felt so bad =\
MrZodion 8 months ago
you should check out the Heshie Gamera trilogy. its not horrery but it has monsters in it lol. Its the three best Gamera films ive seen.
legendarywerewolf206 9 months ago
Well done review. Thank you
manuula209006022 9 months ago
Damn fine review. Edutainment.
Episcleritis 9 months ago
it scared the crap outta me when i rented it a few years ago..
yesterday, i seen it after a few years and bought it for like 7.99Euro :D
666hellraiser1 9 months ago
curious what store did you find it in a bargain bin, I was too young to even know Salem's Lot was on TV back then. I first heard of it when I was a teenager in the 80's, Ive always been curious of it. There have been times I had the chance to see it, but knowing it was made for TV and it being a horror movie, I felt the storyline would be watered down. I think watching the TV version of the Shining made me skeptical, I really didn't like that version.
calgaryred 9 months ago
@calgaryred It was at one of the local pawn shops.
Zaranyzerak 9 months ago
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well developed FUCKED UP characters. And the book is better.
DeathMasterDark 11 months ago
well developed FUCKED UP characters.
DeathMasterDark 11 months ago
Awesome review!!! Great movie!! The sequel sucked major dick in 1987,,, but the remake in 2004 w/ Rob Lowe was awesome, but not as good as the 1st but still good
diamondmoney007 11 months ago
Twilight, is that the thing that looks like one of those perfume adverts with models, I could watch that in a hut in a forest at the dead of night & my only fear would be dying of boredom at all these James Dean lookalikes and supermodels poncing around. I saw Salem's lot as a teenager in 1981 & it still terrifies the life out of me. The pace of the film is beautiful as the sense of impending terror increases. It is the benchmark in horror, possibly only The Exorcist comes near.
flaxonx3 11 months ago
best vamp flick ever,great review
horselaverda 1 year ago
best vamp flick ever
horselaverda 1 year ago
Listen here man...I couldn't agree with you more here......FUCK "Twilight!" This film Salem's Lot 1979 was excellent, and still is! The 2004 remake was just awful! They just don't make em' like they use to do they? You said that this was a slow-paced film, and that may be...but the only people who would be bored with it are these little cell-phone obsessed, "twittering," texting, Justin Beiber brats of today! Long live Salem's Lot....and just like you said, FUCK twilight!! Good review!! =D
MrSchultzstaffel 1 year ago
Pity Warners have not given the film a decent DVD outing, no extras or cast interviews, just a bare bones release. Disgusting. This version is the 183min full length feature film and not the butchered european mini series which made no logical sense, far too many cuts and the story is completely lost. The full length version is the only version worth viewing.
Hammersmith80 1 year ago
can u plz do the a return to salem's lot movie review its not on youtube i really want to see what other people think of it thanks again bro have a nice day. :)
8989billy 1 year ago
The true fire of Salems Lot is in the written page. This was King in all of his Speed fueled glory writing like a madmen. No movie could ever be as terrifying as this mans writing.
jasonlloyd33 1 year ago
Hate to sound cliche. Loved the David Soul version of the movie the 04 version was cool, edgier than allowed for TV in 1979 but not as true to the story. ( Liberities taken on the Marten backstory, Ben's writing carrer i.e. a contoversial book involving Desert Storm???, etc) Both movies had hot Susan's ( 79 a young Bonnie Bedelia) cont...
jasonlloyd33 1 year ago
Salem's Lot and Fright Night are hands down the best vampire movies ever!
juflifan15963 1 year ago
don't worry the book kinda starts out slow also.
ShovelFighterSw33n3y 1 year ago
actualy the movie version did have a few changes over the miniseries. 1. the guy is forced by the sheriff to put the gun in his mouth insted of just in front of his face. 2. more blood on the victems necks. 3. you see the guy that falls into the basement impailed on the knives insted of just hearing it. 4 the guy that gets impailed on the antlers you see them come all the way through him and when he dies his eyes are open and there is blood coming out of his mouth.
jamestk981 1 year ago
@jamestk981 Ah okay, I thought that might have been the case. Thanks for the specifics! Now I'll have to track that one down too...
Zaranyzerak 1 year ago
Mr Barlow would literally destroyed all the pathetic emo vamp wannabes from Twilight. Even the Mason probably would.
Shagrat65 1 year ago
Whooooo Twight blows! Scary that this film was made the year I was born, whatever that happens I'm reminded that I'll be 31 in a little over a week. I'm like how did that happen? lol
RazMansReality 1 year ago
I would say Skip Twilight
And check out Near Dark (1987)
Mckxm 1 year ago 2
@Mckxm That's one I really need to see again. Haven't seen it since the 90's...
Zaranyzerak 1 year ago
@Mckxm that was good but too violent and gross sometimes. i felt bad for the victims in the bar.
hithr3000 10 months ago
The dissing of Twilight....oh yes.
seekah1 1 year ago
Salem's Lot creeped me out when I first saw it. Then again I was 9 back then.
MrDman21 1 year ago
HAHAHA :D at "If you're real Vampire fan FUCK TWILIGHT! man!"
:P
Joxman2k 1 year ago
Hi Sean, I've got Salem's Lot (the David Soul Version, the one your talking about) on VHS (PAL) and I also have the sequel A Return to Salem's Lot on VHS also... Have you seen that one? And I have the region 2 DVD release on Rob Lowe's Salem's Lot which I thought was brilliant! The book is brilliant too.
MyDvdReviews 1 year ago
Oh god, this movie. My god this movie freaking scared the crap out of me as a kid. "Let me in Mark, he commands it." God it still gives me chills.
bgcorporation 1 year ago
YA!!! FUCK those bacon boys i want viscious, murderous undead hellions killing everything
LoganJKelly 1 year ago
They made a remake in 1987 and 2004.
bheemabachus 1 year ago
@bheemabachus The 1987 version was a sequel, not a remake. This is about the adaptations of the original story.
Zaranyzerak 1 year ago
180/5=36. Half an hour and six minutes for a buck. That's a deal!
bheemabachus 1 year ago
Thanks, When I have kids I will make them watch this
LOL just kidding.
RemixReplayRewind 1 year ago
fuck yeah Freddy's Nightmares !!
BRm2008 1 year ago
ever seen let me In or let the right one in?
BRm2008 1 year ago
i agree fuck twilight.
BRm2008 1 year ago
never seen it.. never appealed to me. i have the "Return to salem's lot" on VHS
BRm2008 1 year ago
Salem's Lot 2 has my all time fave Vampire Hunter ever.
Well Nazi Hunter turned Vampire Hunter.
Fragminion 1 year ago
Love this film/series. I remember when the BBC showed the series and I am still not sure they knew what they hab bought as it had so many complaints from people who had the shit scared out of them
dvdmike007 1 year ago
You just gave me the goose bumps with the images of Nosferatu!
By the way: If i wanted to send you something, how could i do that? I've got just the right horror dvd in mind. You'd love it!
DrBrille 1 year ago
You just gave me the goose bumps with the images of Nosferatu!
By the way: If i wanted to send you something, how could i do that? I've got just the right horror dvd in mind. You'd love it!
DrBrille 1 year ago
The Videos are coming fast and furious and I love it! I still have yet t check out a lot of these titles you have been reviewing.But, after the reviews I feel like checking them out. I planned on watching nothing but horror this month but never got around to it.
Cabzilla06 1 year ago
if a vampire isnt turquoise, whats the point?
d365670 1 year ago
For creative reasons, there needs to be different interpretations of a film genre such as vampires.
The Twilight movies are lousy not because of the concept but in its story-telling, characters, and dialogues.
I love to see foreign interpretations of vampires because the Dracula and Twilight model have been done.
TheMantaBluRay 1 year ago
@TheMantaBluRay or just plain sucky and emo and gay.
BRm2008 1 year ago
Now 7.02 to the end that would scare the Buzz out of Buzzwang's.....err thing. :D
David315842 1 year ago
Awesome sir, one of my favs from when I was a kid! Rock on dude!
EnduranceProductions 1 year ago
No ten year old should be forced to watch Salem's Lot like I was by my dad. It scared the fucking hell out of me and gave me nightmares for years to come. He thought that shit was funny. My dad is a piece of shit for that.
Sithtroy 1 year ago
@Sithtroy That reminds me of a story where my dad was trying to "protect" me while I was watching a scary movie by having me look away during one of the gorier parts. So all I could hear was the SOUND of that scene...lots of sawing, ripping, rending, spurting, chopping...leaving it ENTIRELY up to my fertile young imagination to determine what was happening. That made it FAR more disturbing than what was actually happening on screen. Thanks, dad! I should do a video about that one.
Zaranyzerak 1 year ago
this film is pretty good, not in my top 10 horrors, or even Stephen King adaptations, but otherwise worth a watch...
PS i think you've missed the point of Twighlight its real melodrama to the best of that definition, which doesnt always mean hamming it up, and overacting.
And with that rational, do the vampires in Salems Lot spread the plague, or sexually transmitted dieseases. nope, well they should.
rorrt 1 year ago
@rorrt The only way I find Twilight even remotely watchable is to watch it with the RiffTrax commentary going. It's just....so....awful. And this is coming from ME, someone who's usually VERY forgiving when it comes to flaws or "badness" in movies. But there's "so bad it's good," ie: insert name of favorite cheesy b-movie here, then there's just "so bad it's painful to watch." For me, Twilight is firmly in the latter category. As a long time vampire fan, it just infuriates me.
Zaranyzerak 1 year ago
@Zaranyzerak
But i wouldnt neccaserily describe it as a vampire movie, vampires feature. But its not really about them. Like Rocky its a film about boxing but not really.
i think its alright, its above par for my ratings, but not really worth a second watch.
rorrt 1 year ago
Salem's Lot (1979)>>>>Salem's Lot (2004). When I first watched Salem's Lot (1979) version I always had a hard time to go to bed at night. When I watched the remake in 2004 I slept like a baby. It wasn't as scary compared to the original movie.
treyart1 1 year ago
@treyart1 Hehehe...I think that sums it up pretty well! If it doesn't traumatize you, don't bother. :D
Zaranyzerak 1 year ago
Salem's Lot terrified me when I was a kid. I love it. I'm not crazy about the remake.
nuwandaDalton 1 year ago
Totally agree on "Freddy's Nightmares", I've never seen any of it, I would so love to see 'em cause I'm like a huge Krueger fan, but I'm too young to have seen the series on television, so yeah, release it, us young fans wanna see it!!!
kassemir 1 year ago
@kassemir Freddy's Nightmares is soooo cheesy, but a must for Freddy fans to see at least once. Kinda like a lighter, gorier Twilight Zone. Freddy hosts most episodes ala Rod Serling, but is also IN a lot of the stories as well. I loved it, chess-fest and all.
Zaranyzerak 1 year ago
@Zaranyzerak I kinda new that it was similar to "Twilight Zone", I've read about the show, just never watched it. They also spoofed the first episode of the show on a "Treehouse of Horror" episode, they said it on one of the commentaries. So I kinda have an image of what it must have been like, but I've never seen any of it, cause it's really hard to find. Let's hope they put it out sometime, but since they didn't do it as part of the new film, they're probably not gonna put it out, sadly : (
kassemir 1 year ago
@kassemir *cheese-fest. As far as I recall, there was no deadly "chess game" in it. ;)
Zaranyzerak 1 year ago
The cut down version is a travesty and doesn't have the wonderful dark ending of the full version.
kalsolarUK 1 year ago
Old school horror i like this a lot thanks Sean
Posthuman2003 1 year ago
fantastic and creepy movie. the boy floating at the window scared me when i was younger.
madmomentsgo 1 year ago
Man, I need to see Nosferatu again, though my favorite silent film is The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari.
jernqvist 1 year ago
@jernqvist Ah yes, that's another great one! One of my faves as well. Love the expressionist set designs.
Zaranyzerak 1 year ago
The Theatrical version 'aint available in Ireland or the UK either, that last time that existed was on VHS, the TV version is much better LOL!
TheSlasherVortex 1 year ago
The book is far far far better than the movie, and you can plow through it within a week or two.
floyd75dylan 1 year ago
@floyd75dylan Yeah, that's usually the case. But at least they did it as a mini-series, allowing them the running time to do a more properly thorough adaptation.
Zaranyzerak 1 year ago
also recommended: nightwatch, daywatch, let the right one in and 30 days of night. :)
meatphysicz 1 year ago
ginger snaps, near dark, nosferatu(1979), shadow of the vampire, blade, vampire hunter D : bloodlust, the lost boys[original], fright night, from dusk til dawn, underworld and of course dracula:dead and loving it are all great vampire movies
meatphysicz 1 year ago
Hey hey ! yet another awesome review ! glad I subscribed as I just orderd this film :)
HOTDFan2010 1 year ago
...Why did those nosferatu pics creep me out more than they should have? D'=
Blehhh49 1 year ago
@Blehhh49 Because they're creepy as hell? Like I said, Nosferatu is one of the all time great images of evil in cinematic history (not to mention a great movie). I think you just proved my point! :D
Zaranyzerak 1 year ago
@Zaranyzerak I believe I did, my friend! =D He's definitely a timeless icon that won't be going away for a looooonnnnggggg time.
Sheesh, and to think the first time I saw him was on SpongeBob SquarePants... xD
Blehhh49 1 year ago
I have not had a lot of luck with vampire movies, i'm a huge buffy the vampire slayer fan and I really like interview with a vampire and bram stokes Dracula was good to, but other than that not much, do you have any other recommendations.
yayap001 1 year ago
Fuck Twilight!
Amen brother! God bless you!
hemidas 1 year ago 14
I'm not much of a vampire fan...but i love horror movies...:)
NextGenAsh 1 year ago