Salem's Lot (1979) Review

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This is a vampire epic I've been meaning to see forever. So I finally did. In short, if you call yourself a vampire fan, then this is pretty much required viewing. Allow me to explain why...

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[calgaryred]

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.

[Zaranyzerak]

@calgaryred It was at one of the local pawn shops.

[jamestk981]

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.

[Zaranyzerak]

@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...

[Mckxm]

I would say Skip Twilight

And check out Near Dark (1987)

[Zaranyzerak]

@Mckxm That's one I really need to see again. Haven't seen it since the 90's...

[Slinkylabcat]

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.

[spanglehoff]

My fav horror of all time, Salems Lot, fantastic!

[cressi777]

By the way i bought mine recently and is not a snapper case is just a normal case.

[cressi777]

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.

[patterjak]

@SoCalFreelance , Me too, was nine or ten, proper scary, that and I found Poltergeist scary as hell also.

[SoCalFreelance]

This movie scared the F out of me when I was a kid.

[mrserjmalakian]

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

[ruffa65]

Nice review :o)

[ruffa65]

@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.