Salem's Lot

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Salem's Lot

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2024

1h 54m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration for his next book only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire.

Critics Consensus

An old-fashioned spookfest, this Salem's Lot won't be the definitive adaptation of Stephen King's famed vampire tale but it makes for a passable reintroduction to a new generation.

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Jacob Oller

AV Club

Salem’s Lot rises after years in the dark, a vampire tale with no heart and no stakes.

Rated: D+

Oct 25, 2024

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Chris Hewitt (UK)

Empire Magazine

By no means the disaster many might have expected following its years-long delay. You’ll like it. Not a lot, but you’ll like it.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 15, 2024

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

No underlying meaning, no knotty themes to unpick. For audiences who have come to expect a little more intellectual bite from their vampire flicks, this is pallid, bloodless stuff.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 14, 2024

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Jeremy Aspinall

Radio Times

Dauberman retains the book's 1970s milieu yet does little to flesh out the characters or build any palpable tension before revealing the chilling evil about to suck the life from the community.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 11, 2025

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Jorge Loser

Espinof

This new adaptation [of Stephen King’s novel] is imperfect, incomplete, but more than consistent with the original work and the tradition of vampire cinema it inspired…[Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Jan 6, 2025

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Maria Lattila

Film Stories

Salem’s Lot – after the great big long wait for it – isn’t a great film, but if it was released 20 years ago, my teenage self would have been all over it.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 19, 2024

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Paul S

The movie is really bad, but it's still really fun to watch. I stopped taking it seriously after the first fifteen minutes but I found myself laughing at how bad it was. Don't watch it for a good horror movie; watch it so you can laugh at how bad it is.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/16/25

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Tatiana H

Salems lot was a good movie for the vampire universe. I like the plot of the story and the great acting even by the younger actors. The movie also has a fantastic cast. I wouldn’t necessarily say the movie was scary from my perspective . I would recommend this movie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/11/25

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Chyrlynn C

It wasn't like the salem's lot based I remember. It was more like a bad comedy based movie. Maybe that's what they wanted for this movie, but it was a bit of a disappointment. Still over all it was something to watch.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/10/25

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Joaquim M

I really enjoyed this remake . I belive it was spot with great story ,action and the horror aspects of the film .

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/08/25

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Sergio A

It has some great moments, but with better musical scoring, a stronger cast, and a two-part structure or a series adaptation, it would work much more effectively.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/02/25

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Avindu G

Vampire the childhood nightmare from VHS rises up again to remind you of the years passed by. Movie sets a firm grip by starting off with timid targets smilar to King's fabled clown. Stephen's writing on cultural shocks is amazing. How tragedies hit quite neighborhood how that trauma transform the community is portrayed very well. Great work by the cast and veterans adds an essential seasoning for the story. Despite the tech improvement the special effects were classical and so were the scares. Great audio effects to reverberate munching and slurping while country music takes us back. There's not a lot that's new but Salem's lot is worth checking out.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/25

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Synopsis

Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration for his next book only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire.

Director: Gary Dauberman
Producer: James Wan, Michael Clear, Roy Lee, Mark Wolper
Screenwriter: Gary Dauberman
Distributor: Max
Production Co: New Line Cinema, Vertigo Entertainment, Atomic Monster
Rating: R (Bloody Violence and Language)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 3, 2024
Runtime: 1h 54m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital