Salem's Lot is, for me, the scariest of all his books. I have watched the old movie with David Soul and Bonnie Bedelia many times and I like it even though it's by no stretch of the imagination a great film. I was really really excited about this new that came out a few weeks ago since I thought the trailer looked great. Before I go on about my thoughts on this film, have any of you guys seen it? What were your thoughts?

I watched the new one. It's a mess. Huge chunks of the film just seem to be missing. The entire town becomes vampires way too fast, IMO. There's a lot of good stuff, but overall it's a missed opportunity. Still, I didn't hate it. Lol.

Loved the original, not heard anything good about this version... I'll catch it eventually on streaming.

I guess to me it was disappointing that some of the scariest moments in the book didn't really work here at all, but the biggest letdown of all was that it could easily have been swapping vampires for zombies and it would have been like a million other zombie films we've seen. They also showed Barlow too much. When you have a monster, don't overuse them, or we become dull to their appearances.

Finally watched it the other night and it seemed like a six hour mini-series edited down to two hours. Haven't seen holes like that since...well, I'll keep it PG-13.

Hate to admit it, but I still enjoyed it. Guilty.

Quoted from JEStaats Haven't seen holes like that since...well, I'll keep it PG-13.

LMFAO!

Yep, HUGE disappointment!  Shocking, really how bad this turned out.

I have read quite a bit about this, and it's true, it was cut to pieces in the editing room.  No way this works with such a short runtime.  Everything moves too fast.  Gaping holes in narrative.

Did I hate it?  Well, no, I didn't hate it, but it's highly unlikely I'll ever revisit it.

Grade - C-