Salem's Lot (1979)
Salem's Lot (1979)
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Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
![David Soul](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/5530-david-soul.webp)
David Soul
Ben Mears
![James Mason](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/35975-james-mason.webp)
James Mason
Richard K. Straker
![Lance Kerwin](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/59783-lance-kerwin.webp)
Lance Kerwin
Mark Petrie
![Bonnie Bedelia](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3608-bonnie-bedelia.webp)
Bonnie Bedelia
Susan Norton
![Lew Ayres](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3593-lew-ayres.webp)
Lew Ayres
Jason Burke
![Julie Cobb](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/73571-julie-cobb.webp)
Julie Cobb
Bonnie Sawyer
![Elisha Cook Jr.](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/27299-elisha-cook-jr.webp)
Elisha Cook Jr.
Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips
![George Dzundza](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/5072-george-dzundza.webp)
George Dzundza
Cully Sawyer
![Ed Flanders](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4177-ed-flanders.webp)
Ed Flanders
Dr. Bill Norton
![Clarissa Kaye-Mason](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/204958-clarissa-kaye-mason.webp)
Clarissa Kaye-Mason
Majorie Glick
![Geoffrey Lewis](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/12608-geoffrey-lewis.webp)
Geoffrey Lewis
Mike Ryerson
![Barney McFadden](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Barney McFadden
Ned Tibbets
![Kenneth McMillan](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/32427-kenneth-mcmillan.webp)
Kenneth McMillan
Constable Parkins Gillespie
![Fred Willard](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/7556-fred-willard.webp)
Fred Willard
Larry Crockett
![Marie Windsor](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4659-marie-windsor.webp)
Marie Windsor
Eva Miller
![Reggie Nalder](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/166440-reggie-nalder.webp)
Reggie Nalder
Kurt Barlow
![Barbara Babcock](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/9513-barbara-babcock.webp)
Barbara Babcock
June Petrie
![Bonnie Bartlett](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/58172-bonnie-bartlett.webp)
Bonnie Bartlett
Ann Norton
![Joshua Bryant](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joshua Bryant
Ted Petrie
![James Gallery](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/387065-james-gallery.webp)
James Gallery
Father Donald Callahan
![Robert Lussier](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Robert Lussier
Deputy Constable Nolly Gardner
![Brad Savage](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/177892-brad-savage.webp)
Brad Savage
Danny Glick
![Ronnie Scribner](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/252577-ronnie-scribner.webp)
Ronnie Scribner
Ralphie Glick
![Ned Wilson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ned Wilson
Henry Glick
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Details.
Release DateNovember 17, 1979
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes2
Running Time1h 32m
Content RatingTV-PG
Filming LocationsMission San Fernando Rey de España, United States · Ferndale, California
Genres
Last updated:
Wiki.
Salem's Lot (also known as Salem's Lot: The Movie, Salem's Lot: The Miniseries and Blood Thirst) is a 1979 American two-part vampire miniseries based on the 1975 horror novel 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King. Directed by Tobe Hooper and starring David Soul and James Mason, the plot concerns a writer who returns to his hometown and discovers that its citizens are turning into vampires. Salem's Lot combines elements of the vampire film and haunted house subgenres of horror.
After Warner Bros. acquired the rights to Salem's Lot, several filmmakers developed screenplays but none proved satisfactory. Producer Richard Kobritz decided that, due to the novel's length, Salem's Lot would work better as a television miniseries than as a feature film. He and screenwriter Paul Monash followed the general outline of King's novel but changed some elements, including turning the head vampire Kurt Barlow from a cultured human-looking villain into a speechless demonic-looking monster. With a budget of $4 million, principal photography began on July 10, 1979, in Ferndale, California.
Salem's Lot first aired on CBS in November 1979 and received positive reviews. In the years following its broadcast, it has accumulated a cult following and has had a significant impact on the vampire genre. It was followed by a 1987 theatrical sequel, A Return to Salem's Lot, directed by Larry Cohen.
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