The new Salem’s Lot movie’s vampire may look nothing like what was written in Stephen King’s pages, but the team took inspiration from one of the scariest fanged beasts in entertainment, the vamp from the 1979 adaptation of,

The once AWOL adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘Salem’s Lot’ squanders its potential by lacking any of the bite of its source material.

The way in which many filmmakers have circumvented this obstacle in the past is by not adapting the books as features but instead as miniseries, and Salem’s Lot is a prime example. The novel (which is the second King had published) is not one of the writer’s longest tomes,

Kurt Barlow in Salem's Lot is a Type 1 vampire with high intelligence and cunning skills. Barlow's origins, like fleeing the Gestapo and manipulating townspeople, add depth to his character. The upcoming adaptation of Salem's Lot promises to faithfully capture the chilling essence of the novel.

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