1979 is my favorite vampire movie ever. The rob Lowe one doesn't even look interesting. This new I'm going to watch because I've been waiting for it. The cast looks typical Hollywood. The book and movie (79) are my second favorite Stephen King works.
@Shane-fd5es I liked it too, found it quite haunting when it first aired on TV. True, it wasn't perfect (leaving that one vampire alive after killing like ten others, at least two children) but I found it resonated with me. I actually think Salem's Lot could be made into an 8-episode miniseries if given the chance. But it would require someone who really understood the story. I'm thinking Mike Flanagan, but then again he already made Midnight Mass. I gotta check out Chapelwaite. Know where I can stream it?
Very good, honest review. Seem to be familiar with the source material, unlike the rest of the YT reviewers. Was hoping for a faithful adaptation, particularly how Barlow and Straker are portrayed.
The 1979 vampire kids at the window scared the sh** out of me. I just saw images of the 2024 Salem's Lot vampire kids at the window, and they don't scare me at all. They look like some sort of ghost thing you'd find in an animated Disney cartoon movie.
How did you feel about the rob lo version of the window scene..take movie out of it and give me your opinion on it..thanks I enjoyed your comment you seem to know what you're talking about..I listen to or read intelligent comments.
@@FreeLunchFreddy You know something, I actually don't think the Rob Lowe 2004 version was all that bad. There were some very scary scenes, one of which is the bus scene. Regarding the 2004 vampire kids at the window, less scary than 1979, more scary than 2024.
Has anyone has heard of SPECTRAL? this this film non-directly touch on the description and weaknesses, of spirits like faeries, and astral-body of witches and revenants (Alp, Boo hag, Obour, ect.) who a big part behind the inspiration of modern werewolfs and vampires.
Love the book and like the 1979 version and the Sam Fuller one, I was really hoping this would be even better, I haven’t seen it yet but if what you’ve said true I’ll be very disappointed.
Thank you but no thank you. If Stephen King says this movie is really good then I'm good. Y'all going to movies with stupid expectations and then y'all try to bash the movies. I wish that the movie would have came out before anybody reviewed it because you guys really suck.
Then you kind of need to stop watching reviews of movies or anything at this point. Stephen King has said a lot of things are good and have been terrible. Maybe think about why people are saying it is bad before coming on and getting angry at everyone who doesn’t agree with you.
@@MovieEmporium so now the movie is terrible and I'm entitled to my opinion. Just like you're entitled to your dumbass one. I don't need to get mad at anybody because at the end of the day I'm going to still support the movie. Still watch it. I'm a huge fan of Stephen King. This is my favorite book out of any book that Stephen King has written. I've waited for this movie for 3 years. You guys want some groundbreaking something new. It's a vampire. You're fucking 40 or 50 years old. You pretty much have seen everything there is to see from a vampire movie grow up!
Stephen king has been saying the last pet cemetery was the best thing he ever watched, and also loved IT Chapter 2. Every time he supports a movie based on his books more ppl will watch it and more residual money will go into his pockets
The Rob Love was trash. Original TV mini series by Tobe Hooper is just the ultimate horror movie. Nothing better than this one...and Barlow..he is just iconic.
Salem's Lot is my absolute favorite novel by Stephen King. I was disappointed in both movie versions. On a scale from 1 to 10, I would give the 1979 version a 5. I would give the 2004 version a 6 because it was a bit more faithful to the book than the first one. Both films had their frightening moments but both were weak adaptations. If the 2024 version is at least more faithful to the source material I'll be happy. I'm not expecting anything spectacular.
Have you watched the trailer? From that alone you can clearly see it doesn’t stay faithful to the book 🙄 Tobe Hooper’s adaption remains supreme, actually improving on the book with its (imo) characterisation choice for Barlow
