Film Review – Salem’s Lot (2024)

If you’re a fan of horror and novelist Stephen King, you’ve probably made the trip to “Salem’s Lot” before. Adaptations of the 1975 novel have been plentiful, including a 1979 miniseries that managed to scar young viewers. In 1987, director Larry Cohen tried to concoct a sequel of sorts with “A Return to Salem’s Lot,” doing so without material written by King. And in 2004, another miniseries was released, this time putting Rob Lowe in the middle of a small town vampire mess. And now Hollywood tries again, with writer/director Gary Dauberman working to sustain his current hold on genre entertainment (having scripted the “It” series, also contributing to the “Annabelle” and “The Nun” franchises) with his take on “Salem’s Lot,” which plays to his interests in spooky events and empowered characters. The helmer goes for a more menacing vision of vampiric control in the endeavor, but doesn’t make too much time for personality, looking to grab viewers with direct shots of action and suspense. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com