Salem's Lot 1979
- Mystery
- 92 min episodes
- 1 season
- 2 episodes
- Ended
- TV-PG
The ultimate in terror!
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.
Mysterybased on novel or bookhomereturnmenaceantiquaryvampirehouseminiserieswriternew englandhometownhorrorCBS
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Where do you stand?
Three questions people argue about. Answer first, then see how your circle and the community split.
Would Salem's Lot hit harder if it came out today rather than in 1979?
Sign in to answerBe the first to answer.
Has Salem's Lot aged badly?
Sign in to answerBe the first to answer.
Is Salem's Lot overrated?
Sign in to answerBe the first to answer.
Ask the title a question
Answered from what people have written, never made up: a verdict, how much when it's a matter of degree, and the sentences that say so, quoted with their names. Reviews here first, then TMDB's reviews and the title's Wikipedia plot and reception. If nothing settles it, you can put it to the curators.
Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and resolved.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- warmbleak
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
Cast
- David SoulBen Mears
- James MasonRichard K. Straker
- Lance KerwinMark Petrie
- Bonnie BedeliaSusan Norton
- Lew AyresJason Burke
- Julie CobbBonnie Sawyer
- Elisha Cook Jr.Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips
- George DzundzaCully Sawyer
- Ed FlandersDr. Bill Norton
- Clarissa Kaye-MasonMajorie Glick
Crew
- Stephen KingNovel
- Jules BrennerDirector of Photography
- Tom PryorEditor
- Carroll SaxEditor
- Richard KobritzProducer
Seasons
- Miniseries2 eps · 1979
Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
Salem's Lot 200479% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven 199877% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
I Know What You Did Last Summer 202176% alikeBoth classical in form, grave, earnest.
Revenger 202374% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
The Take 200973% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
Whitechapel 200972% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, grave.
Both earnest, grave, classical in form.
Crime Story 198671% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
Damien - Omen II 197878% alikeFilm · Both earnest, grave, classical in form.
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman 202178% alikeFilm · Both grave, earnest, classical in form.
Often watched with
Recommendations from TMDB. Opening one adds it to Curator Co.
