
Starring: David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin, Bonnie Bedelia, Lew Ayres, Julie Cobb, Elisha Cook Jr. Writers: Stephen King (based on the novel by), Paul Monash (screenplay)

A writer returns to the town of Jerusalems Lot, where he lived as a young boy, only to discover everyone he used to know is now a vampire. Sinister events bring together a writer fascinated with an old hilltop house, a suave antiques dealer whose expertise goes beyond bric-a-brac and the dealer’s mysterious, pale-skinned partner. Salems Lot in US theaters Apstarring Lewis Pullman, Spencer Treat Clark, Makenzie Leigh, Alfre Woodard. Other mistake: When Larry Crocket runs out of the house in his underwear and gets attacked by Barlow, later when the police find him his clothes are in the car.

3h 20min | Horror | Rated PG | 17 November 1979Ī New England village is plagued by vampirism in this blood-curdling shocker based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King, directed by Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist) and starring David Soul, James Mason, Bonnie Bedelia, Lew Ayres and Ed Flanders. Continuity mistake: When Ryerston is dead already and is talking with Matt, the autopsy scar next to his neck keeps changing sides.
