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Horror 113 min R
Rotten Tomatoes46%Metacritic47IMDb
Be careful what you invite inside.
Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem's Lot only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire.
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Resolved, unpretentious, bleak and plot-driven.
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Salem's Lot (2024) is a sleek and refreshing return to classic vampire horror that successfully captures the eerie atmosphere of Stephen King’s small-town Maine. Unlike many modern adaptations, this version maintains a brisk, engaging pace that keeps the tension high from start to finish. The 1970s aesthetic is visually striking, using shadows and cold tones to create a genuine sense of dread as the vampire threat slowly consumes the town. The film excels with its creature design, featuring glowing-eyed vampires that feel far more menacing than typical genre fare. Lewis Pullman leads a capable cast that brings grounded energy to the survival struggle, making the stakes feel real. It is a stylish, well-executed horror experience that honors the source material while delivering a much more energized and polished narrative than previous versions.
Read the whole review on TMDBCelebrated author "Ben" (Lewis Pullman) returns to his childhood home looking to do some investigations into his own youth when he discovers that there's something distinctly unsavoury going on in the "Lot". That all seems to centre around the long abandoned "Marsten" house that’s basement has recently received a strange package before a local urchin goes missing. Luckily for our intrepid writer, he has hooked up with "Susan" (Makenzie Leigh), somewhat sceptical local doctor "Cody" (Alfre Woodard) and with the savvy young "Mark" (Jordan Preston Carter) and as it becomes pretty clear what's going on, they have to work out a strategy that will keep them all alive! This, sadly, hasn't an original bone in it's body - falling somewhere between mediocre Hammer and that "Penny Dreadful" television series we saw ten years ago. The acting is pretty woeful, but no worse than the overly descriptive dialogue and with the possible exception of the young Carter who at least puts some effort into the proceedings, the rest of this follows all too predictable lines before a denouement that offers us nothing new either. Sure, reinventing this particular wheel is nigh-on impossible, but then why make
Read the whole review on TMDBFor anyone old enough to remember, Coles Notes offered students an accessible summary of famous works, by the likes of Dickens, Shakespeare or Tolstoy. Something similar can be said of the latest cinematic iteration of Stephen Kings book, Salem's Lot. This is an abridged version of Kings vampiric tale. It plays out in broad, somewhat hurried, expository strokes, absent the deeper essence of the work. Things happen quickly, at the expense of a slowly established atmosphere of creeping dread, as the viewer comes to see whats really going on, in the rural town, of Salem's Lot. Indeed, the core of what makes this tale so terrifying, is revealed in the opening scenes. In short, this is Salem's Lot for the impatient. Frankly, the first cinematic production of Salem's Lot, starring David Soul, remains, I believe, by far the best re-imagining of Kings work, to this day. In summary, the latest cinematic edition of Salem's Lot is not awful but it rushes through the story, largely spoiling the atmosphere of creeping terror, I believe, is at the bloody heart, of this nightmarish tale.
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