Salem’s Lot scared the living shit out of me when it originally aired as a two-part miniseries on CBS (November 17 and November 24, 1979). Please to enjoy this one-hour love letter, filled with scary clips, wise observations, and neato behind-the-scenes trivia.
In this in depth retrospective I tell the story of Tobe Hooper’s 1979 vampire epic “Salem’s Lot”, based on the novel by Stephen King. I delve deep into its development, production and legacy while providing my own thoughts on the miniseries. Starring: David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin, Bonnie Bedelia, Lou Ayers, Ed Flanders and and Reggie Nalder. Written by Paul Monash and produced by Richard Kobritz. Copyright Warner Bros. Television.
Exactly the sort of exciting, macabre fare that monkeystador and his younger siblings were not allowed to watch.
That’s a great little doc. A convoluted mess of screenplay and directorial and format decisions, approval of Mr. King, etc.
I never saw (or even knew about) the TWO dracula films from 1979. The Mr. Coffee ad was somehow perfect: late 1970’s but seems like late 1950’s.
I think it was a smart decision, making Barlow a Nosferatu-type vampire.
I’m such a nostalgia whore I’ll sometimes go looking for Seventies commercials on YouTube. It’s amazing what you don’t remember until you see it again.
I wasn’t allowed to watch this either as a young Droog. I’m all over it now. I have this strange fascination with horror movies now. This looks like a winner.
The scene where the kid is floating outside of the bedroom window kept me awake for weeks.