Salem's Lot
Season 1 Premiere:
Nov 17, 1979
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
82
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5.9
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
82
83% Positive
5 Reviews
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17% Mixed
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Apr 17, 2021
90
Its eerie atmosphere and Nosferatu-inspired special effects (all glowing contact lenses and levitating ghouls) chilled a generation. [5 July 2016]
Apr 17, 2021
90
One of those stomach-churning, white-knuckle fright films that masterfully sets us up, shakes us around and leaves us jumping at our own shadows. David Soul and James Mason star. [13 March 1988, p.2]
Apr 17, 2021
90
With Salem’s Lot, Hooper captured what is great about its original artist and what was great about its adaptor: They knew too well how to make forgotten fears feel real again.
Apr 17, 2021
80
It changed the look of King’s lead vampire from a cultured villain to a ghoulish beast recalling Max Schreck’s makeup in “Nosferatu” (1922). [22 June 2013, p.E4]
Apr 17, 2021
80
It certainly delivered its share of scares. [19 Nov 1979]
Apr 17, 2021
60
If you're going to have a great actor play the vampire's human familiar, you could do worse than James Mason. [10 Sept 1917, p.F-7]
User score
Mixed or Average
5.9
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Mar 3, 2025
4
The movie was all over the place with a bunch of subplots that go nowhere. Way to many characters in the movie that don't play substantial roles. There were a couple of scenes that were cool and semi creepy and the design of the main vampire was good but overall it was boring and the movie takes like 40 minutes to get interesting. For a horror movie it was really scary either.
Production Company:
- Warner Bros. Television
Initial Release Date:Nov 17, 1979
Number of seasons:1 Season
Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 3 Nominations
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
• 1 Nomination
