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Salem's Lot

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Khaliel P It’s 2025 and still no one — except Mike Flanagan — seems to know how to properly adapt a Stephen King story? Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/08/25 Full Review Kelly N I read the book and enjoyed it. I watched the original movie and it was awful. I heard this remake was really good! I really liked it! Not scary but definitely creepy! I also liked that it had a campy feel to it and loved they kept the Stephen King humour in it! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/08/25 Full Review Spaz M B Movie feel, low budget, uninspiring and dull with predictable flow. Stephen King can write a good start and middle but his endings are poor which is why Misery and The Shining were ace as directors re-wrote the endings. This feels so tired despite having a good foundation in first series over 40 years ago it's like nothing moved on in cinematography since then. This has all the feel of a made-for-tv on a horror channel no-one watches. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 06/04/25 Full Review Jim H I was hoping for more from this movie. A whole lot more. Lewis Pullman’s character was a disappointment. I loved him in Thunderbolts. It’s not his fault. We needed to find out more about him and his personal demons. I wanted to be more invested in him. We really didn’t know what made him tick. That is the director’s fault. Also how the heck did he go from being at the drive in to having his girl in his room? There was no romance. There must have been some scenes cut, because their relationship made zero sense. One actress who needs to work more is Alfre Woodward. Her eyes are still riveting after all these years. That was one of the bright spots of the film. Hopefully in twenty years from now the source material will be in the hands of a more capable production team and a director who has a better sense of story. Lewis, you did your best with what you had to work with. Onward and upward. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/31/25 Full Review Josué M Um excelente filme, com uma história boa e com ótimas atuações. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/28/25 Full Review Christopher L R Nothing can top the miniseries but this movie is as bad as they are good. Wish someone would make a sequel series about the hunt of Mears and Petree. Would be epic. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/15/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Gary Dauberman

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Lewis Pullman

Ben Mears

Makenzie Leigh

Susan Norton

Alfre Woodard

Dr. Cody

John Benjamin Hickey

Father Callahan

Bill Camp

Matthew Burke

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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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