Salem's Lot
The ultimate in terror!
Salem's Lot (1979)
Seasons: 1,
episodes: 2
Episode runtime: 92 min
Average rating:
6.7/10
36 896
Production
Status
Completed
Creators
Scenario
Stephen King
Author
Producer
Richard Kobritz
Actors
David Soul
Ben Mears
James Mason
Richard K. Straker
Lance Kerwin
Mark Petrie
Bonnie Bedelia
Susan Norton
Lew Ayres
Jason Burke
Julie Cobb
Bonnie Sawyer
Elisha Cook Jr.
Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips
George Dzundza
Cully Sawyer
Short description
Ben Mears has returned to his hometown to write a book about the supposedly haunted Marsten House. When people around the Marsten House start dying mysteriously, Mears discovers that the owner of the mansion is actually a vampire who is turning them into an army of undead slaves.
Seasons
| Season | Episodes | Release date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1979-11-17 | 6.8 |
What's left behind the scenes
- The Marsten house shown in the series was, in reality, a full-scale facade mockup attached to a small house that already stood on top of the hill. Constructing the facade cost the creators $100,000. In 1979, that amount of money could have built an entire house (including interior finishing).
- It was initially intended that Warner Bros. would make a feature film from Stephen King's bestseller. Producer Stirling Silliphant and screenwriters Robert Getchell and Larry Cohen tried to 'compress' the material into two hours of screen time, but the results of these attempts were unsatisfactory. Ultimately, the project remained with Warner Bros., where producer Richard Kobritz decided it would be better to make it into a mini-series.
- The prototype for the character of Kurt Barlow was Count Orlok from the horror film "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror."
- The scenes in which vampire children hover outside the windows of their victims were partially filmed in reverse for greater effect. Additionally, the children were not suspended by wires, but were filmed using a jib crane.
- According to director Tobe Hooper, the makeup for Reggie Nalder, who played Barlow, had to be constantly touched up. In particular, filming the final scene with Barlow in the coffin took a very long time.
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