that's all folks!

I watched the 2004 TBS version of ‘Salem’s Lot a few weeks ago. It was trash. It wasn’t scary, the acting was awful, and it emphasized the wrong parts of the story. It tried to be a horror movie from the start, skipping right over all the small town suspense building I enjoyed during the novel. It even changed several key elements from the novel (like having Mark kill Callahan at the end instead of having Ben set fire to the Lot). I don’t remember much about the 1979 version. Screen shots mostly, and, of course, the horrifying version of Barlow. ‘Salem’s Lot is a first and foremost a novel, and it should be kept that way. King goes above and beyond just making another vampire horror story, he creates a commentary of sorts on small town American life. And, to be honest, that’s the part of the novel I enjoyed the most.

I will admit, however, in regards to the 2004 adaptation of 'Salem's Lot I thought the choice of James Cromwell for the role of Father Callahan to be excellent.