Salem's Lot
Cast
David Soul .... Benjamin 'Ben' Mears
James Mason .... Richard Throckett Straker
Lance Kerwin .... Mark Petrie
Bonnie Bedelia .... Susan Norton
Lew Ayres .... Jason Berk
Directed by
Tobe Hooper
Rater #2 has description and review.
Rater #1
Has Not Seen Movie
Rater #2
4/10. Way, way, way overlong (three hours) adaptation of the classic
Stephen King novel about vampires. Although King can usually create
something different based on all of the myths, in both the book and
the movie all of the stereotypes of vampires were there. Why not have
something different besides driving a stake through a vampire's
heart? I would think that King could do better. David "Hutch" Soul
stars as the one-dimensional "hero", with James Mason putting in as
good as a job he could with this weak movie as an evil antique
dealer. One or two tense scenes (the one I was looking forward to the
most, the only good scene from the book, was displayed badly, with
the vampire outside of the window) does not a good movie make.
Rater #3
Has Not Seen Movie.
Rater #4
Has Not Seen Movie.
Rated PG.
Running time: 112 or 184 minutes
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