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Summary: Movie that doesn't live up to the book.
Review: Maybe it's because I thought Salem's Lot was the scariest book I've ever read, but I thought the movie was weak. It started off well, but the Vampire itself was poor. Also, in the book, the pace really picks up as time goes on to where you really feel urgency at the end. Here, I thought the ending was thrown together, like they ran out of time. Maybe if you haven't read the book, this would be a good movie.
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Summary: Salem's Lot: The Mini-Series.....ON DVD!
Review: The first time I seen Salem's Lot was back in 1979. I was 12 at the time, it scared me then, and it still sends chills up my spine. The DVD is great! The picture is crystal clear, and the audio is just as good. There isn't alot of Special Features, you get the International Theatrical Trailer only. But if you love this mini-series, then go out and buy it on DVD.
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Summary: Salem's Lot is easily one of the best vampire films ever....
Review: One of the best films to come down the pike, an all-star cast including David Soul, Elisha Cook,Jr., Jeoffrey Lewis, and Marie Windsor, this mini-series offers some spectacular make-up, suspenseful scenes, and the late-great James Mason is superb as the vampire Count's keeper. The makeup was clearly a take-off of the 1922 classic vampire film Nosferatu---but it did not matter...the Count vampires makeup is among some of the scariest ever done. In one scene, where a dead child comes scratching at a window to come after his brother, oh boy, you know Stephen King was right on the mark when he wrote one of his first and best novels....If you rent this--rent the full 4-hour version. This is a gem of a film.....Only some lapses in the characterizations and some slow moving segments keeps this otherwise dandy film from the five-star mark.
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Summary: A Treat for Vampire fans everywhere!
Review: This is fun and scary stuff from an equally fun and scary film maker, Tobe Hooper. The performances by David Soul, James Mason, Bonnie Bedelia, and the rest of the supporters are all first rate. This brilliantly uses music, atmosphere, and tension scenes to scare the viewer rather than graphic violence or gore. These scenes include: a corpse coming to life in front of Soul, Goeffrey Lewis' transformation, Mason and Nalder's attack of a family in their home, and the child vampire tapping on his friend's window in the middle of the night. Hooper provides plenty of action as well as scares. If fans enjoy this film, they should definitely seek out the very similar Needful Things. Caution: Seek out the longer 180 minute version of Salem's Lot, not the 112 minute cut. Well done and highly recommeded.
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Summary: real original horror movie!
Review: Salem's lot brings a true meaning to horror. This movie had me on the edge of my seat. This is a must for the true modern vampire lover. Tobe Hopper did a great job with this movie!Its from the late 70s , but it has a thriller , shocking effect. Haven't todayseen anything shocking like this in a long time!!
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: Definetly worth seeing at least once in your life! I disgree with the stateent that David Soul is only so-so in this movie. I feel his acting was very good, especially when he was scared out of his wits. I like the fact that it has no blood and gore. This is the ONLY scary movie I have seen that has actually sent shivers up and down my spine. I watched this when I was 11 and still frightens me today!
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Summary: THE MOST EERIE MINI-SERIES TO EVER BE SHOWN ON TV
Review: First of all, don't be fooled-only watch the full length mini-series. The "cut-to-shreds" movie version is not worth the blank video it was taped on. I first watched "Salem's Lot" as a kid of about 9. I then bought the video 3 years ago and I was just as terrified watching it as a 20-year-old as I was 11 years previous.What makes "Salem's Lot" different from many horror 'classics' is that it doesn't have to rely on blood and gore to scare the wits out of the viewer. The eerie tenseness of the presence of Straker, Mears' return to THAT house and the ultimate battle with the elusive Mr.Barker results in a constant shiver down your spine. My favourire scene, though, is one that freaked me out as a kid - when Danny Glick is visited for the first time by his now vampire brother, hovering in a cloud of smoke at his bedroom window. Believe me, you'll be checking behind the curtains of every window in the house for weeks to come, especially if it's a foggy night!!! Living in Ireland, I bought the UK release of "SALEM'S LOT THE MINI-SERIES" which, I believe, contains a few additional scenes not included in the American 'full- length version.' Everyone should see this mini-series at least once in their life-time....it's something that you will never forget!!!!
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Summary: How did they get away with this?
Review: Okay, the books better and all that but c'mon, this is the scariest thing I've ever seen on television. The nerve of spending an hour and a half with bits of suspense and shivers, then suddenly, in a fairly innocuous seeming scene in a prison cell, with no warning cutting to THAT shot of Barlow is sadistic! tremendous make-up and you could feel the shrieks all over the country when it was first broadcast! Great Psycho-esque music too and I think David Soul is very good at seeming scared out of his wits. Two things puzzle me. Firstly, how come Barlow was born in the 1920s in Germany, yet looks like he does, and Mears theorizes.."Barlow must have wandered this planet for centuries..." Also, I have the two part version and this has the shot of Susan's father impaled not shown on TV but in a book I saw on horror there is a picture of Barlow dead in his coffin with a stake in him a black bood. Was this too used but missed from the video release? And what were the two points in the film where they disobeyed the censors? Please tell someone. Still the one I try not to think about when walking up a dark country lane alone...who could hold his own if Mr Barlow was on the loose? I'd have even been scared having a cup of tea on the set with Reggie Nalder in that make-up.!
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Summary: Still scary after 20 years!
Review: I first saw this on television in 1979 at the age of 10, it was "frightening" then, and it is still today 20 years later. Between the eerie music, and the unforgettable Barlow. Salem's Lot the mini-series will leave you gazing at your window at night, looking for that vampire to come knocking at your window. Don't forget your crucifix, and watch Salem's Lot, you'll love it!
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Summary: Tremendous, Creepy Mini-series, but don't get "The Movie"!
Review: Let me start off by saying, the five star review I have here is only for the two tape mini-series. The " movie" is a cut-up, horrible version of what Stephen King wanted. There is over an hour cut! We loose important footage to essential to the storyline. But, when you finally find the original mini-series, it is very rewarding!(at least for me). It may be King's best adaptation along with The Stand, It, and Pet Sematary. Highly recommended, very creepy, and written well.
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