Stephen King's "Salem's Lot" on Max

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Reading Wolves of the Calla right now and it got me thinking that if the The Dark Tower series does happen soon, I hope they are able to the actor from this to reprise his role in the DT show. Not gonna spoil it for people that don't know.
 
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I haven't seen that. Looking it up I see it is more of a direct prequel to 'Salem's Lot than what Jerusalem's Lot actually was. I'll have to watch it some time
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Straight up adaption of the short story. I don’t remember it having any promo, which is surprising because they did it right budget wise. I only found out about it because I did a trial period to watch “From”.
 
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etrofllenrod504 said:
Has anyone watched it yet?
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Eh...They needed to develop these characters.
Give them some backstory, let them interact with each other
I mean
we only see Marks parents when barlow kills them
Its not like the book is some masterpiece, but they have to do better, even for a straight to streaming movie.
Just a run of the mill vamp movie.

i read the book in my teens... dont remember much about it
I remember that it was enjoyable, dont rly like Stephen King
 
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Watching now. There’s definitely some changes from the book. It’s more campy than the book, which was more serious, and full of dread. It would have been better as a show, as the vibe is closer to Stranger things. “Salems lot” the novel is one of my favorites. I don’t hate this, and it’s probably better than all the other adaptions. It still kind of misses the mark as far as being scary, like the original story.
 
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Watching now. There’s definitely some changes from the book. It’s more campy than the book, which was more serious, and full of dread. It would have been better as a show, as the vibe is closer to Stranger things. “Salems lot” the novel is one of my favorites. I don’t hate this, and it’s probably better than all the other adaptions. It still kind of misses the mark as far as being scary, like the original story.
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Stephen King tried to create a foundation for expounding upon Bram Stokers monster.

But all he did was give rise to y a level horror like Lost Boys and Fright Night.

The movie is cool for ppl who just want a little horror but hardcore horror fans will leave unsatisfied.

7.5/10, second half better than the first
 
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daemonova said:
Stephen King tried to create a foundation for expounding upon Bram Stokers monster.

But all he did was give rise to y a level horror like Lost Boys and Fright Night.

The movie is cool for ppl who just want a little horror but hardcore horror fans will leave unsatisfied.
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Don’t get me wrong, I just finished it, and I wouldn’t call it was bad.

It told the story, plus or minus some parts. It wasn’t as hopeless, dark, or cold as the imagery from the novel.

I felt a slight twinge of disappointment sometimes, but I recognize that’s the novel Stan in me. If I really need the same feeling I got from the novel I can just go watch “Midnight Mass”.

All in all I would recommend it to the same crowd you just mentioned. It would have probably done numbers as a one season miniseries. I should have known it would be what it was because Stephen King was hyped about it lol.
 
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