30/33

Writer Gary Dauberman told Den of Geek in June 2019 that his goal with the new version of Salem’s Lot is to make vampires scary again

Chronology

The author returns to his hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration for his next book, only to find the town’s inhabitants under attack by a bloodthirsty vampire. He wants to move away from the sexier, more romantic undead that have infected popular culture for much of the last quarter-century, in everything from Interview with the Vampire to Twilight to The Vampire Diaries.

Sundown Author and performer: Gordon Lightfoot Courtesy of Warner Records With permission from Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

When Ben reads old newspapers on microfilm at the library, the headline reads, “Local Couple Victims of Drunk Driving.” The newspaper was supposedly printed in 1956, at a time when the term “DUI” was not yet in use. References Trog (1970).

I loved this book when I read it in the 80s and was looking forward to this movie but I was disappointed

I am not a purist and usually don’t mind different interpretations of fictional history but the changes weren’t the worst, it was the bland storytelling and the movie just felt rushed. There was no character development, the acting was average although Alfre Woodard stood out and I wish they had shown her more often because she was the best part of the movie for me even though she was barely in it and I can’t stress this enough, nothing happened in the story to keep my interest.

Unfortunately a completely forgettable movie

A little backstory about anyone would have been nice, an actual glimpse of the romance that was happening to help us really feel the sadness of the main characters, anything other than the bland scenes we got. Not recommended.

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