Salem's Lot details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin |
| Director: | Tobe Hooper |
| Genre: | Horror - Television, Vampires |
| Studio: | WARNER BROS |
| Name | Discs | |
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Salem's Lot |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 3 hours 3 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 10 Jul 2006 |
| Main languages: | English, Italian, Spanish |
| Subtitles: | Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portugese, Spanish |
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Eeeek!
By a customer from Stoke-on-Trent, England , 16 May 2006[Highly rated reviewer]
As a kid of 10 I saw this when it was first shown on UK TV back in in 1980/81-ish. It scared the **** out of me!
Even now, 20-odd yrs later it gives me the willies! Perhaps it's partly down to mental association with childhood nightmares. Perhaps if i'd seen this for the 1st time when I was older it wouldn't have had the same effect. All I know is that I still consider this to be one hell of a creepy film.
The music gives me goosebumps, and last time I watched it (about 12 months ago) I had to turn the light on for the first time in ages when I got up during the night to go to the bathroom, and I still felt genuinely un-nerved!
The film differs from the original book (which i'd never read until a couple of years ago), but not so much as to cause annoyance or disappointment to a viewer who has read the book first I think.
Anyway, unless you're a hardened horror fanatic who has become numbed to all but the most graphic and gorey horror films, I think you'll enjoy this. And just see if you can go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, after watching this film, without turning on the lights!- Was this review helpful to you?
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(57)worth a watch
By goth (35 reviews) from Watford , 10 Mar 2013Very dated and corny but this is worth a watch. I remember watching this on the tele years ago and the 2nd time hasn't disappointed.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Classic Brilliant Horror
By cheesekake (1280 reviews) from uk , 10 Sep 2012I have seen this film so many times, yet every single time it just scares me to death.
Rarely is a book not as good as the film, but in this case that is what happens, the book was very good but the film is just classic
defo worth watching- Was this review helpful to you?
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classic king can't go wrong
By a customer , 26 Jun 2012a revolutionary production from the master and my personal favourite the king of horror. Old film but there is always more effort in the costumes and storylines in these older creepy horrors. it can be hard to follow and is more backstabbing then sadistic. Good film and worth a rental.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Still the best
By axc (3 reviews) , 10 May 2012Still a classic and the very best of its genre; it hasnt dated too much. Still well acted and scripted.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Scarier than you average TV movie
By Ghostfinder (20 reviews) from Manchester , 07 Jan 2012Salem's Lot was a 2-part TV movie in the late 1970s. For those who saw it then, they were about to watch the most frightening film ever made for television. Some reviewers have found it long winded while author Steven King sets the scene and creates a town of believable people. But when the scares come, they are truly memorable. Nothing has ever been as unsettling or terrifying as the vampires in this movie. Tobe Hooper, director of Texas Chainsaw Massacre brought vampires up to date with their rotting complexions and yellow contact lenses. Featuring great performances by David Soul (Starsky & Hutch) and the legendary James Mason. Don't watch it alone!- Was this review helpful to you?
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