1979 Directed by Tobe Hooper
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.
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Almost a parody or even an outright parody of small-town homophobia regarding what the eventual outcome will be when an older partnered couple decide to retire where you live, buy a large fixer-upper to renovate, open an antiques store in town and say "Ciao" to locals rather than "Goodbye". Clearly the next step is hungry predation on male elementary school kids who are then converted to the cause and are able to convert others, creating a plague which will consume your town whole unless the Old Time Christian Religion is revived and crucifixes and holy water are brought out to fend off the unholy hordes. Salem's Lot is notable in that there is nothing but male-on-male vampirism for the first…
Like many people my age, Stephen King loomed heavily over my imagination during my youth—with each hardcover artwork and movie/tv adaptation conjuring wicked images spurting in my head that one way or another always managed to creep me out or make me anxious. Even before I read a Stephen King story (I believe my first was Christine) I knew who he was—and because of one little embellished neighborhood urban legend via my cousin, I knew about Salem’s Lot.
There was that very specific time period where I would watch nothing but Universal monster movies, scooby doo, and The Monster Squad... I was just starting to discover more movies and then boom—enter my cousin Richard, and soon after that came Halloween…
#31 of 31 - HOOPTOBER 5.0 : We Don’t Need A Stretcher In There We Need A Mop
A film that has vastly improved over time! When it first came out I recall that I couldn't wait to see it even in a sanitized environment such as a made-for-TV miniseries! Sadly I came away extremely disappointed! I lay the blame on myself due to my youth and unobtainable expectations! Having witnessed Tobe Hooper's Texas Chainsaw Massacre ballooned my expectations ultimately setting me up for failure!
Now that I've been around the block a few times and can now appreciate horror films that are more about the story and atmosphere and less about splatter and gore! Finally I could appreciate the…
Who doesn't love 70s horror? Dawn of the Dead, Halloween, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Black Christmas and Jaws are just a few of what the decade brought to the horror genre. Also, there was one under seen gem; Salem's Lot. Now, the DVD has long been out of print in the US. So, imagine my excitement when I found it for a decent price. This has been in my top 5 horror films since I first saw it. Does it still hold up? Simply put, YES!
The Awesome: The slow build over three hours to a frightening and deeply intense climax. This is one of the greatest horror films in regards to its characters. Well rounded, likable and three dimensional…
Hoop-tober film #4
Tobe Hooper, who found his career at a bit of a crossroads 5 years after TCM, creates hip-deep atmosphere, provides decent plotting, and deals with the TV networks cast as best he can to create an effective and at times creepy-as-hell adaptation of Stephen King's vampire classic. All leads are solid (save Fred Willard, although it is not his fault), but James Mason certainly shines. All TV creative departments rival cinema of the time, and add layers and intrigue to the affair. Certainly the most ghastly vampire since Shrek's Nosferatu. A minor triumph as a TV film, Salem's Lot creates some frightening and indelible horror images that will stick with you for the rest of your life.
Hooptober x 2023. 7/31 films
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Salems lot is tobe hooper adaptation of stephen Kings book and its a very good deputation, bringing chills and effective jump scares in this vampire film mixed with a haunted house film set in a familiar location used in a lot of King books, maine.
Even though this was made in the 70s, it still works, with jump scares galore, lots of memorable scenes, a awesomely cool disturbing looking main vampire antagonist, good creature effects and James Mason as a vampire assistant. I don't mind the film being 3 hours as its a tv movie and being in 2 parts helps with intermission but the film works better in the second…
Stephen’s King’dom Marathon: Film #2
”But if a house attracts evil men…”
“Why did it attract me?”
Stephen King’s second published novel is a direct bounce off of Dracula, and one of his personal favorites, although it initially struggled to find cinematic traction. According to King himself, “It was a mess, every director in Hollywood who's ever been involved with horror wanted to do it, but nobody could come up with a script.”
Finally Warner Bros. realized that with a novel this dense it would be best served as a television miniseries and invited the Texas Chainsaw Master himself, Tobe Hooper, in to direct. Obviously, being a 70’s tv show, he had to rely more on atmosphere than blood or…
Tobe Hooper nailed this one. It scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. I was 8 and I never ever wanted to look at my window at night after watching this. For a T.V. made movie this really knocked it out of the park and the director was fresh off TCM so there were a lot of elements of that film he incorporated into this. The make up effects were great and those shiny contact lenses sealed the deal. It stayed pretty true to the book and trimmed out a lot of the fat but I had to knock off a 1/2 star for those cheesy freeze frame commercial transitions.
Film 44/45 for Hooptober 4.0
3/1 of 1 Tobe Hooper film
In spite of my tendency to enjoy network miniseries based on Stephen King stories more than I probably should, I had somehow never seen this...and that simply won’t do, will it? Well, fear not! That problem has been resolved and I can now say that I did enjoy it, even if wasn’t quite as much as I had hoped. I strongly suspect that had I seen this when I was a kid, I would hold it in much higher regard. Still, Hooper...King...David Soul...vampires...you kinda know you’re going to have a good time, right?
This one focuses on a writer that returns to his hometown in Maine (a write that…
Okay, so in hindsight it was probably ill-advised of me to watch this film a few hours after finishing King's novel. Whilst I'll admit I did find myself comparing a few scenes with the book it didn't affect me as much as I thought it would. As a straight adaptation I think that Paul Monash did a good job of condensing a deep character-heavy novel and streamlining unnecessary plot divulgences. The film merges two or three characters into one, something I didn't care for but understood considering the vast number of characters in the book.
"Salem's Lot" is the first book of Stephen King's that I've read and whilst I really, really enjoyed it, I wouldn't say I have a…
Returning to his hometown after years away, writer Ben Mears (David Soul) discovers strange forces at work after a series of suspicious deaths in the area, somehow linked to the arrival of the mysterious Richard Straker (James Mason).
This enormously atmospheric Stephen King adaptation progressively builds in suspense, expertly ratcheting up the stakes as an ancient evil grows and gradually spreads across the sleepy Maine community; in Tobe Hooper’s hands there’s a real sense of creeping unease and palpable tension to the tale that just proves why he was an absolute master in the horror genre.
This project was originally produced for network TV, yet to the director’s credit still feels no less impeccably crafted than one of his feature…
