The scenes are very serious, nightmare-fueled and well-executed, such as the scene where Danny appears to his brother, Ralphie, through the bedroom window while levitating.

While the miniseries may not be 100% faithful, it is still faithful to the Stephen King's 1975 novel of the same name.

Many creative adjustments from the novel that make the film much more scary and suspenseful.

The actors performances are spot-on, especially from David Soul as Ben Mears and Reggie Nalder as Kurt Barlow.

The plot of the movie is handled and put out very well as we learn more about the town of Salem’s Lot, Maine.

This, along with It (1990), is one the most horrifying and highly praised Stephen King mini-series adaptations.

Gary Dauberman, who wrote 2017’s “It” and 2019’s “It Chapter Two,” based on King's horror novel “It,” is serving as the director, writer and executive producer of the new film adaptation of “Salem’s Lot.”ĭauberman’s “It” had a better ending (anything would be better than “It” was a big spider) but it had too many special-effects that were obviously CGI and left the audience cold, despite racking in big ticket sales.Ben Mears returns to Salem, finding the formerly warm and friendly community to be downright sinister he suspects that the bizarre behaviour of his old neighbours is due to the work of an eccentric antiques dealer. Is the big Hollywood treatment of “Salem’s Lot” going to be scarier than the original? I doubt it. So do we need another “Salem’s Lot”? Probably not.

With all this going for it, I would make a gentlemen’s wager that anyone who saw the mini-series 42 years ago (and hasn’t seen it since) has no recollection how it ended but they still remember the kid floating outside the window looking to make mincemeat out of his schoolmate.Īnd TNT’s did another version “Salem’s Lot” in 2004, starring Rob Lowe and Donald Sutherland, which, before late last week, I never knew existed. While you had the star power of Soul and the class act of Mason, it was little child star Ronnie Scribner, the adolescent vampire snack turned undead window dressing that floats outside his best friend’s bedroom, that scared the bejesus out of everyone who originally saw it. Mason, of course, played Humbert Humbert, aka “the old man in that book by Nabokov” that Sting references in The Police’s “Don’t Stand So Close to Me.” However, Stanley Kubrick’s “Lolita” is more interesting than enjoyable so you get a pass if you haven’t seen it but not “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” and “North By Northwest.” We all help each other out when needed and everybody’s more than welcome to help out.” The police chief and all the officers that were here from Princeton and from Sterling, everybody has been very cooperative. They love working with the Town of Sterling. “The set crew was actually joking that we’ll probably see you in a couple of months,” White said. White said he had two agreeable contracts with the two studios and the contracts are getting better with each one that he does. “We had to struggle here for eight years.” We work hard here and it’s about time something good happens,” White said. White said being involved in two high-profile Hollywood projects is pretty cool. Hall (aka “Dexter”) filming scenes at his tavern for “Dexter: New Blood,” White said the only one he recognized at the “Salem’s Lot” suit was Bill Camp (of “The Queen’s Gambit”). It was unbelievable what they did.”Īlthough he spotted Michael C. You literally walked in and it was the seventies. “I was able to come in and see them all in ‘70s dress,” White said. While he wasn’t allowed on the set for “Dexter: New Blood” due to strict COVID regulations in the film industry, White was on hand for the filming of “Salem’s Lot.” But 'Dexter' wasn’t as involved in changing things around.” 'Salem’s Lot' did more as far as changing the inside to get that ‘70s feel. “For 'Dexter,' they did a quarter of the inside over,” White said.

“Dexter: New Blood” filmed for two days, while “Salem’s Lot” filmed for one day. And she came out to check it out personally and that’s when, pretty much, she said it was a deal.” “The first scout who came out for 'Dexter,' she looked up friendly biker bars in the area and we came up Number One, I guess,” White said.

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