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.

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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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Cleve H

As a child the original Salem's Lot mini-series was the only horror movie to ever give me nightmares so I was excited about this remake and had high hopes. While my hopes were not completely dashed the "horrors" are lacking in this remake. One of the things that made the original so good was the feel of terror that was missing from this version. Lewis Pullman does a decent job but Makenzie Leigh is lacking for me. As is Pilou Asbaek who just makes Straker appear more child trafficker versus the menacing evil that seeped from James Mason. Jordan Preston Carter does a fantastic job as Mark Petrie although no one match Lance Kerwin for me. Alexander Ward is great as Barlow but I feel like they didn't really give him much to do but try to look menacing. The best part of the movie for me was the drive-in, since I have never read the book I don't know if it was in there but that was fantastic. Overall, not a bad watch and I will likely watch it again for the few horror moments that are there.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/07/25

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Daniel B

Just a basic, run-of-the-mill, paint-by-the-numbers vampire (more like zombie) movie without any character development or emotional heart. I mean, if you're just up for elemental man vs. vampires then I'm sure you wouldn't mind watching it.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/21/25

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Pablo B

The first 15 mins or so of the movie start out great and it gives off the spooky vibe of the original, but it goes downhill fast after that.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/14/25

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Maria I

This movie is hillariously bad. At the first a couple of ten minutes, it seemed indeed has some potential, but then it got really awful. The characters seemed like a bunch of typical idiot townies in cheap horror films who got murdered because of their own idiocy. Really shame

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/25

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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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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

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