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- 1979
- PG
- CBS
- 1979
- PG
- CBS
Summary Vampires are invading a small New England town. It's up to a novelist and a young horror fan to save it.
- 1979
- PG
- CBS
- 1979
- PG
- CBS
Salem's Lot
Season 1 Premiere: Nov 17, 1979
82
6.5
Summary Vampires are invading a small New England town. It's up to a novelist and a young horror fan to save it.
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Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
82
83% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
17% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Its eerie atmosphere and Nosferatu-inspired special effects (all glowing contact lenses and levitating ghouls) chilled a generation. [5 July 2016]
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]
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.
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]
It certainly delivered its share of scares. [19 Nov 1979]
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
Generally Favorable
Based on 4 User Ratings
6.5
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 4 User Ratings
6.5
50% Positive
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
25% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
25% Negative
1 Rating
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Production Company:
- Warner Bros. Television
Initial Release Date: Nov 17, 1979
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: PG
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Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 3 Nominations
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
• 1 Nomination
