SALEM'S LOT (1979) REACTION VIDEO AND REVIEW! FIRST TIME WATCHING!
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- SALEM'S LOT (1979) REACTION VIDEO AND REVIEW! FIRST TIME WATCHING!
Polls, early access and full reactions on Patreon / reelreviewswithjen Watch me watch this classic 1979 Stephen King horror movie adaptation, Salem's Lot, in this first time watching reaction video! Salem's Lot tells the story of Ben, a novelist returning to his childhood town and a young horror fan attempt to save the small town of Salem's Lot which has been invaded by vampires.
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The film was directed by Tobe Hooper and based on the book by Stephen King. Salem's Lot stars David Soul as Ben Mears, James Mason as Richard K. Straker, Lance Kerwin as Mark Petrie, Bonnie Bedelia as Susan Norton, Lew Ayres as Jason Burke, Julie Cobb as Bonnie Sawyer, Elisha Cook Jr. as Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips, George Dzundza as Cully Sawyer, Ed Flanders as Dr. Bill Norton, Clarissa Kaye-Mason as Majorie GlickGeoffrey Lewis as Mike Ryerson, Barney McFadden as Ned Tebbets, Kenneth McMillan as Constable Parkins Gillespie, Fred Willard as Larry Crockett, Marie Windsor as Eva Miller and Reggie Nalder as Kurt Barlow.
Check out this first time watching horror reaction video for Salem's Lot, and see if I can make it as a horror movie rookie. Horror is a genre I've barely explored, mostly because I'm a huge wuss. Typically my Halloween movie viewings consist of Hocus Pocus and Halloweentown. This year I decided to expand my horror movie knowledge and try and watch these horror movie fan favourites.
Check out my first time watching this classic 1979 Tobe Hooper horror movie, Salem's Lot and enjoy my reaction video! Don't forget to like and subscribe for more videos! If you have suggestions for other horror movies I should watch, comment below!
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A vastly underrated and mostly forgotten example of great sheer horror drama, without resorting to gore.
"You don't create fear with gore. You create disgust." - JAMES CAMERON
I do not think it’s forgotten.
I was 12 when this debuted on television. Seeing that little vampire kids floating out of that window freaked me out then and it still freaks me out now.😂
Hard same! Nightmare Fuel is the pefect term.
I was 8. 🙈
Barlow always scared the shit out of me growing up. Haha!
🤣🤦🏻♂️Yep! Same age and couldn’t agree more. Also, never jump into an open grave after a funeral when everyone’s gone home…and the wind has got up🤔🤣
I was 11 and had the same reaction. I still remember the feeling of dread I had while watching this movie. It's still one of the more effective scary movies I've seen.
Salem's Lot was originally a made for tv movie broadcast over two nights. Let me tell that as someone who watched this back in '79 it was absolutely hair raising. I remember the ending when the vampires are crawling toward Mark had us in fits!
The book goes more into the history of the Marsten house and what happened there. There's also a prequel novella that really goes into exactly how long Straker and Barlowe had been planning on coming to Salem's Lot. Mark's background with monsters is explored more in the book as well as the bullying that happens to him because he's into monster stuff. The book also takes its time setting up Barlowe's arrival but, he's not feral like he is here. He's articulate and can pass as human. He just needs Straker to do the day to day activities.
If you read Stephen King's Danse Macabre book he says that Salem's Lot is basically his riff on Stoker's Dracula. He tried to follow the layout of Stoker's book as much as possible. I've read both Dracula and Salem's Lot and they are slow burns but, great.
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That vampire freaks me out and I'm a big horror fan. THATS how you do a jumpscare: close up in your face no music cue
I saw this as a kid and am STILL freaked out by the scratching on the windows from the vampire kids. That was completely nightmare fuel! 😱😱
The kid scratching at the window freaked the shit out of me as a kid. I never forgot it!!
It scared me as an adult! So creepy! Thanks for watching!
Like a dang cat 🐈😂
The kid vampire scratching at the window and the guy sitting in the chair saying "Look at me" are two great moments. Tobe Hooper managed to capture the feel of a Stephen King story even while working under the limits of '70s network television standards.
Ahhh - the best thing this has going for it is the brilliant James Mason. This was one of his last roles, I think near the end of his career which went back as far as the 1930s. A great actor with a truely unforgettable voice.
You have to watch the last house on the left from 1972😊
@@scottjo63 Classic.
@@mikesilva3868 A Wes Craven Classic. The remake was pretty good.
He was great in The Boys from Brazil.
@@AutoPilate But it's Gregory Peck who really does the business in that movie. To from Atticus Finch to that character - what an actor!
The little freeze frame bits would have been when they cut to commercial, as it was originally a mini-series that was broadcast on CBS.
Fun Fact: To achieve the effect of the vampire kids actually floating in mid air, the actors were harnessed to an actual camera crane that extended through the window, which required them to be filmed from only one angle.
The film was nominated for several Emmy awards including Best Limited Miniseries or TV movie.
James Mason is a famous actor from the 40's, 50's and 60's. He starred in "Lolita", "A Star is Born (1954)", "North By Northwest"
Ah okay I’ve seen Lolita but not the other two 😬 thanks for watching!
I was 5 when this originally aired and it scared me to death and instantly became one of my favorite scary movies.
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I saw this mini-series when I was about nine. - Its the reason I have heavy curtains at my windows to this day! :) - LOVE IT!
Ain’t no kid getting me 😂😂
Just discovered this. Nice reaction. A few fun little facts:
*The reason Kurt Barlow has so little screen time is because the makeup was actually physically very painful for actor Reggie Nalder, he could only wear it comfortably for a few minutes at a time (I think specifically it was the contacts, but I can't recall for certain). Nalder would later go on talk about how much he disliked the experience, saying his favorite part of Salem's Lot was the paycheck.
*The actress who plays the mother of the Glick boys was James Mason's wife (the actor who played Richard Straker)
*And another fun little connection. Salem's Lot was again adapted into a miniseries in 2004 (starring Rob Lowe as Ben Mears, Donald Sutherland as Richard Straker and Rutger Hauer as Kurt Barlow). Father Callahan, the priest, was played by James Cromwell in that miniseries. Julie Cobb, the actress who plays Larry's secretary-- the one having the affair-- is Cromwell's ex-wife
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One of the best adaptations of King's work. And the novel is a must-read.
Fun Fact: All of the actors playing vampires had to wear special reflective contact lenses that simulated the eye shine of nocturnal predatory animals. Actor Reggie Nalder, who played Barlow, complained about how painful they were and how they rarely ever stayed in one place, requiring them to be adjusted. Actor David Saul, who played Ben, said that he almost never saw Reggie Nalder without his Barlow makeup due to the length of time required to apply the prosthetics, and that he only ever saw him without makeup once, on a day when he came to the set early enough to see Nalder having the makeup applied to him.
This miniseries scared the hell out of me when I was a kid.it was kind of a 1-2-3 punch in the 70s with Carrie and The Shining.
The book itself was only about 400 pages,one of King's shorter novels.But the book was more intricate with the town's characters,something even a two-night miniseries really doesn't entirely capture.
This is still THE vampire movie for me
Fun Fact: The late actor Geoffrey Lewis, who plays Mike Ryerson, is the father of actress Juliette Lewis, who starred in Cape Fear, Natural Born Killers, and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
Oh interesting! I know who Juliette Lewis was but didn’t connect that was her dad! And she’s in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.
And don't forget From Dusk Till Dawn, right?
@@chrisbanks6659 That too, sorry. lol
He was in the Lawnmower Man as well, if I'm not mistaken, which was based loosely on the Stephen King novel of the same name.
I associate Geoffrey Lewis with the lead actor in this, David Soul (RIP) who was Hutch on the 70's cops show, Starsky & Hutch. There was an episode in which Lewis' character had kidnapped Hutch and got him strung out on Heroin. One the best eps. There are a few others in this movie who also guested on S&H.
I saw this on TV when I was about 10 or 11. The boys scratching at the window was thing I remembered above everything else.
That scene was terrifying 😬 the sounds of the scratching was nightmare fuel
You should watch the sequel, Return to Salems lot, not because it’s a good movie, but because it’s bat shizz cuckoo bananas crazy
I wouldnt wish the sequel on my worst enemy
It's a fun movie and very misunderstood because it's as much a comedy (of sorts) as it's straight horror.
Loved "The ghost just bit the kid on the neck... like a VAMPIRE!" Seen this flick a dozen times since I was a kid... so it's cool to see a fresh response. Good times, keep up the great work! And yes, the scratching at the window scene will stay with you forever... lol.
Fun Fact: David Soul was mostly known for starring in the 1970s television cop show, Starsky & Hutch at the time Salem's Lot came out. He was also a recording artist who had a hit single with the song, Don't Give Up On Us, Baby.
Don't forget he also had a big hit song on the radio at the same time too, "Don't give up on us baby". When this movie was made David was a big star!
@@reesebn38 Thanks for reminding me. lol
@@reesebn38 Eh, He was no Hasslehoff. Lol
I recommend Nicolas Roeg's 1973 psychological-horror classic "Don't Look Now." Based on a story by Daphne du Maurier, it stars Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie.
"The reputation of Don't Look Now has grown since its release and it is now regarded as a key work in horror cinema.
"In 2012 Time Out also undertook a poll of the horror industry, in which more than 100 professionals who work within or have connections to the genre selected their favourite horror films, which saw Don't Look Now finish in twelfth position."
- Wikipedia entry
I am gonna recommend killdozer from 1974 it's the worst movie ever made 🤗
Fun Fact: James Mason, the actor who plays Mr. Straker, and Reggie Nalder, the actor who plays Mr. Barlow, both appeared in Alfred Hitchcock films, with Mason having played a Soviet KGB sleeper agent in North By Northwest and Reggie Nalder having played an assassin in The Man Who Knew Too Much.
This scared the shit of out me when I was a kid.. I Still hide behind a cushion and cover my ears when I know a scary bit is coming and I'm in my 40s 😱😱😱
There's a great RUclips video called Salem's Lot Review and Retrospective if you want more behind the scenes facts about the movie. The house was only a facade built around a smaller house that a family lived in during the production. They got to keep all the wood after filming wrapped. Surprisingly, the area still looks very much like it did back in '79. Thank you for covering this one. Lots of reactors never seem very interested in doing it. The Salem's Lot remake with Rob Lowe in it has a faithful Barlowe (more human looking) as the book describes. He was played by the late Rutger Hauer. The 1979 Barlowe is the favored one still. Even King liked what Tobe Hooper done with him. A new remake is in the works with James Wan from Saw, Malignant, The Conjuring, Aquaman attached to the project.
Hey Jen, amazingly, the priest survived his encounter with Barlow and goes on to become quite a main player in The Gunslinger series of books. It was great to have this actor as the template for Father Callahan as I read them. One more strange thing - you said that it looked like Ben and Mark were father and son? To the best of my recollection, the novel of Salem's Lot starts with the sentence 'Almost Everybody thought the man and the boy were father and son'...
Great video Jen of my favourite book & film of all time. I wish i could go back in time and watch it for the first time again.
The book has a sequel in the form of a short story called "One For the Road". It's in one of Stephen King's anthology books but forgot which one.
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Fun reaction! I saw this on tv when I was 8 or 9, I watched it because I was a big fan of 1970s 'Starsky & Hutch', it was absolutely terrifying! Salem, The Evil Dead and The Exorcist made afraid of the dark for over 10 years.
13:08 That's Juliette Lewis' dad. He was friends with Clint Eastwood and appears in several of his 70s movie (and 'Bronco Billy' 1980).
24:46 Oddly comical when the skull's mouth pops open. 😅 That would be more at home in a Leslie Nielsen film.
Doing Striker is James Mason who did Capt. Nemo in the movie 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and doing Ben is David Soul he is best known to have done Starsky & Hutch the TV series. Tobe Hooper also directed Poltergeist. Me I now watch this movie every Halloween night as it is one of my favorite vampire movies! Yes, they did make a sequel to this called, "A Return to Salem's Lot," they also did a remake in 2004 I think too.
The biggest star in the miniseries is James Mason, who played Straker, Mr Barlow's familiar. All through the plot Straker has a way of telling the truth in a cryptic sense. When he called Barlow "The Master" he's meaning that he's a Master Vampire, rather than a person who's been turned. This is why he's monstrous to look at, being "born" a vampire. Supposedly, he's over two thousand years old, and is far more powerful than regular vampires. Straker used the museum as a front to cover for his true intentions. He was the one who kidnapped Ralphie Glick from the woods and took him to be converted by Barlow.
Love this tv movie. I have the uncut version on blu-ray.
I think you'll enjoy the old Hammer Horror Dracula films starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.
Just to add some backstory, Jen. In the book, Hubert Marsten is the guy who built the Marsten House. The movie alters the story somewhat with some other guy building the house, but originally it was Marsten. He was originally a gangster and hitman for the Boston mafia, who eventually became a devil worshipper and serial killer who committed a series of child murders in the Boston area. The Boston mafia "asked" Marsten to leave town due to his extra-curricular activities making things difficult for their organization, as the police were now cracking down on them, so Marsten moved to the town of Salem's Lot with his wife and built his house. However, Marsten did not cease his activities once he got to the town, and soon after there were several disappearances of young boys in Salem's Lot, and the boys were never found again. Hubert Marsten did fall under suspicion, but the local law enforcement couldn't find enough proof to link him to the murders. Marsten eventually killed his wife with a shotgun and hung himself in his bedroom closet... after having conducted several years of correspondence with a certain Austrian nobleman named Kurt Briechen, a.k.a. Kurt Barlow. lol Marsten apparently consecrated the town of Salem's Lot in the Devil's name and prepared the way for Barlow.
James Mason gave this film that extra nuance of the sinister -- like Mason's character in Hitchcock's "North by Northwest." Straker's (Mason's) line of dialog, "You'll enjoy Mr. Barlow...and he'll enjoy you," sent a chill down my spine like no other. When this made-for-TV mini-series debuted on CBS in 1979, I was housesitting for some friends. The house in question was an old one - built in the late 1800s. It was also miles from the nearest neighbor. The scene with the Glick boy scratching at the window happened at the same instant that a wind-blown tree branch scraped across a window next to where I was sitting. The effect on me was the worst "jump scare" I have ever experienced. Tobe Hooper, cast and crew did a phenomenal job on this small-screen adaptation of the Stephen King novel.
I first watched the TV mini-series with my elder sister as a young boy back around 79/80. My sister was a big fan of David Soul at the time so she was swooning every scene he was in while I spent a third of the movie clutching a pillow to hide behind lol, but I loved it. The imagery of the floating kid at the window has always creeped me out. I think I've seen a shorter movie version since on TV, but seem to remember preferring the TV version.
this was one of the few things to scare the hel out of me when I was little. Great to see your reaction!
When I was a kid I always called Barlow the Bald Dracula. A Return to Salem’s lot is worth a checkout because it fits into your bad movie series. I still quote that garbage from time to time lol
Haha okay good to know! Thanks for watching!
Fun Fact: Yes, Jen, the Marsten House in Salem's Lot was designed to evoke the Bates House from Psycho, but the house itself did not exist. The Marsten House exterior was actually just a prop facade that was built around an existing one-story house that still stands at that location. Tobe Hooper could only show the Marsten House from a certain angle because only the front and left side of the house facade was constructed.
I was 9, and had a bunkbed with a window next to me looking right out to our backyard. I think I slept in the family/tv room for two weeks. I was seriously scared of those scratches and eyes....Awesome!!
This was mostly filmed about 30 miles south of Eureka California, in a little town called Ferndale. Several other films have been shot there, among them The Majestic and Outbreak.
This was genuinely creepy vampire story, with infiltration and infection subplots but filmed as made for TV in the 70's cheese. (BTW I noticed your shoutout to the Tall Man, Angus Scrimm in Phantasm. "BOY!")
You want creepy watch mac and me movie 😂
James Mason - class act. David Soul who played Ben had just come off the back of hit TV series Starsky & Hutch. He also had a no. 1 pop hit Don't Give Up On Us Baby. After Salem's Lot his career pretty much disappeared.
1:49, Tobe Hooper directed Poltergeist and Lifeforce and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
They did a remake of this movie in 2004 on TNT starring Rob Lowe, Andre Braugher, Donald Sutherland, and Rutger Hauer as Kurt Barlow.
Ben was played by David Soul, who had just finished the Starsky and Hutch TV show for 4 years, also had a hit song, "Don't Give Up on Us".
79 was a good year... i was 10 years old... we got Salem's Lot... Alien... yay...
Nice to see this again, as it's been years since I last saw it. The main vampire, and the floating vampires at the windows are still fresh in my memory. If you want creepy children scratching on windows, can I recommend watching "Lost Hearts" (1973). It's based on a story by M.R.James, and was a part of a T.V. series called "Ghost Stories For Christmas" that aired every Christmas on the BBC here in the U.K. in the 70's.
In the uncut version that was released on home video, Jen, Cully Sawyer actually has Larry Crockett put both barrels of his shotgun in his mouth, but that got cut out of the 1979 TV version. lol
Jen should watch the original "Wicker Man" with Christopher Lee then the newer remake with Nick Cage.
Mason's character is supposed to be Renfield from Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Not actually him. It's part of vampire lore that they have human henchman.
The miniseries that traumatized me as a six year old kid. Perhaps some of the scariest vampires put to film.
My Mum and Dad forbade me and my brother to watch this but we snuck down in the middle of the night to watch it. A couple of days later my brother would sneak to my bedroom door scratching, saying, "Let me in Mark, let me in!". I'm still mentally scarred 😆
That something tall and scary was Striker and 8:47 Striker is giving Ralphie Glick as an offering to the Master (Mr. Barlow) and it was Striker that killed Mike's dog because you see blood had to be spilled on hallowed ground in order for the vampire to enter the town.
This was a mini-series that suffered many cuts to be distributed in rental video as a movie. There is a remake mini-series from 2004 featuring Rob Lowe and Donald Sutherland that follows the book more closely (specially the character of Barlow) but is set in present day. Strongly recomend the novel, it is my favourite King's novel
Even now, that scene in the jail still makes me jump. I know it's coming, but still catches me out.
Excellent reaction, i haven´t seen nobody reacting to this amazing gothic horror film! The novel is pretty amazing too, and this TV series follows really close to the events of the novel.
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the video! I try and watch a variety of content and horror is a huge genre
@@ReelReviewsWithJen The star of the film David Soul was a well know actor at that time thanks to the hit TV show "Starsky & Hutch". The guy who play Striker was a very respected character British actor James Mason who starred huge Hollywood films in the golden era like 20, 000 leagues under the sea , Lolita, A star is Born, etc.
Basically, they completely changed Barlow, who isn't blue and non verbal in the book. He looks like anyone else and is very intelligent. Other than that, it's pretty close.
Really enjoyed this reaction Jen. The boys at the window, the rocking chair scene and the jail scene are all iconic in horror history. I can promise you'll be keeping one eye on any window in your house with open curtains for a few nights Lol. Personally I think this is one of the best King adaptations and it's probably the one I watch the most. There is a sequel called Return To Salem's Lot, it's pretty awful and might be a candidate for your bad movie reactions. If I remember correctly the ending of this was supposed to lead into a TV series but that never happened, a shame as I'd have loved to have seen it.
Interesting garry😊
"you'll be keeping one eye on any window in your house with open curtains for a few nights". SO TRUE. "Salem's Lot" still gives me the creeps, even after a dozen viewings.
My favorite vampire movie ever! The book is magnificent
saw this back when it came out sneakily stayed up late to watch it as i would have been nine or ten and i cant remember which year it was first shown in the UK as the two part mini series . still love it to this day. The book is well worth a read
When I first saw this back in 1980 I had no idea what it was about either. It sounded like a Salem witch trial type of thing to me too.
I love that you didn't know this was vampires.
For a LONG time, people just knew that Salem's Lot was about vampires.
But when I read the book, when it first came out, the description didn't say anything about vampires. I was FUC**NG HORRIFIED when I realized Barlow was a vampire. I'm glad you got to experience the "figuring it out" part.
In the book, Mike Ryerson in the rocking chair, and Mrs. Glick rising in the morgue are some of the scariest moments ever written.
Yes, overall, this movie is cheesy and awful. It was 70's TV. BUT, it does hit the nail on the head quiet a few times.
And Father Callahan? He didn't believe, so he fled. He turns out to be important in other Stephen King books.
And me? In 1975, after reading this book, this 11 year old took his paper-route money and bought a cross. That cross hangs on my bedpost to this day.
Always thought they could have done a prequel with kings Jerusalem's lot.
A lot more Lovecraft-inspired, I thought.
They've made a series out of Jerusalem's lot, and it debuts on August 22nd next month.
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If you're into watching older horror movies I suggest watching an early 1970's movie wit Roddy Mc Dowel called "The Legend of Hell House", a UK movie which is a great movie for it's time and keeps you on the edge of your sea in real creepyness.
The actress who played Susan played Holly in Die Hard
No, Salem's Lot wasn't filmed in Maine, Jen. It was actually filmed in the town of Ferndale, California, with some scenes shot at Burbank Studios. The Pacific Ocean is actually visible from the top of the hill where the Marsten House was built, so director Tobe Hooper had to be careful not to pan the camera too far around.
There are two versions of this to watch. The full real long mini series or the shortened version. Tobe Hooper directed the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. David Soul was in the TV show Starsky and Hutch. Then the great James Mason who acted in 154 movies through his career. Among them A Star is Born (1954), Heaven Can Wait, The Last of Sheila and The Boys From Brazil. Would love to see The Goodbye Girl from 1977 with Richard Dreyfuss and Marsha Mason. Thanks 👍😊
This tv series terrified me as a young teen & the book is just as scary, in-fact, the book is more unsettling, with the whole Hubie Marsten history, which links in to the final owners of the house. This & The Shining are imbo the benchmarks of King's writing career. That sense of slow building dread leading to horror were never so well written/plotted than these two books.
I'm of the opinion that these are still the creepiest vampires in cinema history. Simple make up, contacts, and wire work, but they come to you as your loved ones, and say anything to gain your trust. That's been done as well, but never so effectively I feel. Another solid pick.
Tobe Hooper the director of this TV mini series, Had previously Directed The Texas chain saw massacre, and would Direct Poltergeist in 1982.
Put it this way you won't forget Mr Barlow
Thanks for another great reaction video, Jen! To answer your question, the movie stays true to some aspects of Stephen King's book, but also takes great liberties with others. Some characters from the book were omitted and their storylines given to other characters, or characters were condensed into composites. Barlow was totally different in the book, where he was more of the traditional Dracula-type vampire, while Tobe Hooper decided to go more in the direction of Nosferatu for the movie.
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the video! Yeah I’ll try and pick up some Stephen King books and see how they compare. I’m excited / nervous to watch Nosferatu 😬 I think it’s going to be scary in a completely different way then modern movies.
The design for the Vampire Kurt Barlow, is based on Count Orlock from the 1922 silent Horror film Nosferatu.
In the book, Barlow is a more traditional cultured vampire, like Dracula. As this had been done to death on screen, director Tobe Hooper made the choice for Barlow to be an inhuman monster. I think it was a fantastic choice. The rest of it is pretty close, although Ben's teacher is called Matt Burke, not Jason Burke.
There! That's it! Your reaction at 16:44 is exactly what I was waiting for, Jen! LOL 😂😆That's the jump scare to end all jump scares.
Haha! Jump scares get me every time!
That scene literally (OK, figuratively!) stopped my heart when I saw it on the original showing! I had to walk home from a mate's house afterwards and it took my about half an hour to pluck up the courage to walk past a dark garage! The other scene that freaked me out was when Ben was shooting at Straker, and he just kept on coming down the stairs. A brilliant mini-series that still unnerves me when I watch it today.
Yay lovely Jen, so glad you reacted to Salems Lot. This one of my favourite adaptations of Kings stories mainly because I remember vividly watching it on TV when it came out in the 80s, I was a pre teen and it scared the living daylights out of me 😂😂😂
It actually a 2 part made for tv miniseries hence why it 3 hours long. 😎😍
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the video! Yeah that’s such an interesting way to deliver a horror movie, I feel like a lot more people were able to watch it because it was on TV.
The fact that this was shown in two parts originally explains the "chessy" zoom shot as the boy in the casket bites Geoffrey Louis... it was a classic "Freeze Frame" cliffhanger type ending from the time.
I love this film it is my favorite Vampire film the boys at the window scare me till today I love your reaction to the movie.Lance Michael Kerwin (November 6, 1960 - January 24, 2023) R.I.P.
Vampires are usually portrayed as either handsome, like Lugosi in Dracula, or grotesque, like Max Schenck in Nosferatu. Although sometimes they transform from one to the other, as in Fright Night.
Max Schreck.
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I'm going to be honest, Jen. I don't really enjoy horror anymore. I've seen so many horror movies, that I'm really jaded and the newest crop of horror movies are lame. However I am enjoying your reactions to horror movies. It reminds me of when I was younger and could be scared more easily.
Fun Fact: The biggest issue that divides fans of the novel and miniseries is the fact that Barlow is depicted as a hissing Nosferatu-like monster in the adaptation, as opposed to the speaking Dracula-like character of the novel. In an interview with Richard Kobritz he said the decision to go with the terrifying monster figure came out of concerns that a speaking, romanticized villain just wouldn't be frightening enough, especially as John Badham's remake of Dracula (1979) starring Frank Langella was released in 1979. Stephen King was against the change at first, but after he saw the footage, he thought it may help the audience focus more on the main characters.
I believe this film was a television mini-series originally.
Ah yes that makes sense
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Enjoyed your reaction. Well thought out.
The fact that a major TV network had the guts to put this on TV in the 70's is amazing.
Yeah that’s crazy! I feel like so many more people were able to watch this film because it was on TV.
@@ReelReviewsWithJen bear in mind, David Soul due to starring in "Starsky and Hutch", was an absolute viewers magnet. Even if cast in an improbable role like Rick Blaine in TV version of Casablanca.
Best role for me was in "Magnum Force" (Dirty Harry 2)
The vampire kid in the suit,was in a Disney movie called return from witch mtn
It was filmed at Ferndale, North California and Burbank Studios.
Good to know, thanks for watching!
Fun Fact: Salem's Lot was nominated for three prime time Emmy awards, including makeup, graphic design, and musical composition.
Wow that’s amazing!
Horror worked best when you do not know what’s about to happen and it’s telling that The Shining and Salems Lot took some creative license to throw curveballs into the mix to keep people who read the books on their toes. Those who read the novel probably did not expect Barlow to be so drastically different.
If you want a really classic vampire movie. The 1972 tv movie The Night Stalker written by the great Richard Matheson. When it aired it was the highest rated TV movie in history. This inspired Chris Carter to create The X-Files. Very very original and creepy. A CLASSIC. It had a great sequel and a great classic short lived TV series. There is a free good copy of it on youtube on New Castle After Dark.
your `late night visitor' is a vampire that can clearly be seen as a reflection of one called `nosferatu' which was one of the first.
Another classic of psychological horror is Roman Polanski's 1968 _Rosemary's Baby._ Adapted by Polanski from the best-selling novel by Ira Levin, it stars Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes, with support from Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans, and Ralph Bellamy. It was nominated for two Oscars, with Ruth Gordon winning for Best Supporting Actress.
Stephen King wrote a prequel to this book called Jerusalem's Lot. Was a short story. You can read it in the collection "night shift"
Oh cool! I’ll have to check it out!
One of my absolute favorites. Another better than it ought to be made for tv horror film is Dark Night of the Scarecrow. I'm glad you watched this one. Not enough people talk about how good this is. And the kids floating in the window still freak me out to this day.
Yes! Dark Night of the Scarecrow is awesome. One of my favs as a kid.
I'm glad you got to finally watch Salem's Lot, Jen! Just so you know, the reason that the town is called "Salem's Lot" has nothing to do with the Salem witch trials. In the novel, the actual name of the town is Jerusalem's Lot, and 'Salem's Lot is just a shortened nickname for the town that the townspeople used. Originally, Stephen King was going to call the story 'Jerusalem's Lot,' but his publisher told him that name sounded too biblical for a horror novel, so he shortened the name.
Actor Reggie Nalder, who plays Barlow, looks creepy for a reason, Jen. Early in his career as an actor in Germany, he suffered severe burns around his mouth which caused scarring that remined throughout his life, hence his creepy appearance. Nalder never really explained how he acquired the burns on his face, as he had told several different and conflicting stories about his life over the years, so who knows?
13:59 The actor playing Mike, I'm trying like heck to remember his name. Always liked him, particularly his voice. A friend of mine (an actress & my Creative Writing instructor) once copied a record for me, called "Celestial Navigations" which had him performing a number of short-stories with musical accompaniment. Heh. I've long-since ruined the cassette tape, and have been trying to find a replacement for years, to no avail. On it, he showed remarkable vocal range.
Actor's name was Geoffrey Lewis. Juliette Lewis' dad.
This is one of King's more literary novels. It's about the town itself, and small towns in general, as much as it's about any particular character. The theme or thesis is the "vapid" evil that hides behind the façade of small town life. In that regard it owes a lot to someone like Shirley Jackson, but the book has been called Peyton Place with vampires. It's still one of the scariest books King has ever written, along with The Shining and Revival. This adaptation combines a lot of characters and simplifies the plot, but it pretty faithful in terms of theme, and making the town a character. The later adaptation with Rob Lowe in the David Soul role is also decent, but I prefer this one. There is a new adaptation being worked on now, but I can't remember who is involved.
Bonnie Bedilia,Macaulay Culkin's Aunt,Geoffrey Lewis,Julitte's dad. The actor that was THE MASTER really didn't have too many makeup appliances,his face had character anyway
There is a sequel, "A Return to Salem's Lot(1987)" and a remake, "Salem's Lot(2004)." Stephen King doesn't acknowledge the existence of the sequel, but it's one of the craziest movies I've ever seen and is the film debut of a 15 year old Tara Reid.
When I was little, this was THE scary movie to stay up late and watch...if you could get around your parents and if you could actually stay awake. Let me tell you- this film scared the HECK out of me. 🤣. Some parts still give me chills, but overall it wasn't that scary.
I believe this was King's first published novel. Carrie was published the following year. Someone correct me if i'm mistaken.
Edit: As I recall, there were three written addenda to this story, two short-stories and something else... One "Jerusalem's Lot" was a prequel, describing much earlier events which served to corrupt, or contaminate the site with evil, and another, the title I forget, was a sequel. Then Father Callahan reappears as a character in the series "The Dark Tower." Oh, yeah, that final image of the moon was also practically another character in the fourth Dark Tower novel, "Wizard and Glass."
I think I've heard of a film called "Return To Salem's Lot," though I've never seen it.
Title of the other story was One For The Road. It appeared in Night Shift , along with Jerusalem's Lot.
@@captainnegativity9269 Ah, thanks! Considering the story, that is certainly correct.
This was actually a 2 part tv movie. It aired on 2 different nights. Which is why there is a lot of character development, the whole first part was just getting the audience acquainted with the characters, the real scary stuff doesn't happen until the second half. I was 10 years old at the time, and I watched it when it first aired. Maybe that's why it is still my favorite Steven King movie, nostalgia. The parts that stood out to me, and still do to this day, are the kid floating in the window...very creepy, the look of the vampire... very Nosferatu, and the vampire guy sitting in the chair... again, super creepy. My memory sucks these days, but one of the few things I can remember from when I was 10 years old is exactly where I was sitting, when I watched this. We lived in an apartment building in Rexdale, Ontario. And my parents regularly played cards with their friends up on the tenth floor (we lived on the ground floor), and I watched this movie while sitting in my parent's friend's living room while they played cards a few feet away.
Anyway, I'm so glad you reacted to this movie. It is still in my top 5 vampire movies of all time. And I still watch it every couple years around Halloween. There was a decent remake made in 2004, starring Rob Lowe. Cheers.