Advantages: Scary, well written Disadvantages: A bit slow at times
Salem's Lot is a horror film and also extended to become a miniseries. It's adapted from the short story by Stephen King and is directed by Tobe Hooper, who horror fans may know also directed "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" and "Poltergeist".
Ben Mears (David Soul) is an author who is returning to his old home, Salem's Lot, to write a book about the town's supposed hanunted house, Marsten House. He is quickly seen as suspicious and is kept an eye ... ...new face in Salem's Lot, an antiques dealer by the name of Straker (James Mason) whose Boss, Mr. Barlow, no-one has ever seen. Soon after Ben's arrival people start to go missing and dying from mysterious causes, and everyone is baffled as to what is going on. Meanwhile, Ben meets a school teacher, Susan (Bonnie Bedelia), and they fall for each other. Her father is also a doctor at the local hospital so he can keep up with the sinister goings on. ...
Walter_Kovacs 17.01.2009
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