Should you watch Salem's Lot?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Salem's Lot
Series · 1979
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.
The sides of Salem's Lot
- A writer back in his hometown
- A house on the hill everyone fears
- A vampire turning a town
Salem's Lot is good for you if…
- you like a child floating at the window at night.
- you like a small town falling apart one neighbour at a time.
- you like 1970s TV horror from Stephen King's novel.
Salem's Lot is bad for you if…
- three hours over two parts is too much for you.
- you want bloody vampire horror, and this 1979 TV version keeps the gore off screen.
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