Salem's Lot - 2024

Agent Coulson

Drops on Max on October 3rd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtVzKkv03ic&ab_channel=Max

MfMan

Hmm.. seems a bit maxed out. Part of the TV series cachet was that it was pared back and minimalised - it let your imagination do a good bit of the work.

Azatadine

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122609992#Comment_122609992

Damn thing .....true.....took me a long time to get over the '79 mini series. I saw it when I was a kid on RTE in the early 80's and it scared the hell out of me.

Marty Bird

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122610024#Comment_122610024

same here. I can still hear them scratching at the window. Open the window..

fran38

No Mr Barlow in that trailer? Looks like your generic jump scare vamp tv series. But ill give it a chance.

Azatadine

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122610131#Comment_122610131

Scared the absolute heart out of me. Didn't sleep probably for months.....still gives me the creeps to look at it now, I suspect due to some kind of PTSD from that time LOL.

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122610024#Comment_122610024

Same, James Mason scared the bejesus out of me

fatbhoy

See, that's the thing, most people who saw the original were kids at the time, or at least quite young, so a combination of that and the fact that it took less to scare people generally years ago leave a profound effect on those people, as it did me. So when I saw it for the second time as an adult, a few years ago, it didn't scare me at all, and most of the enjoyment I got from it was from a sense of nostalgia. In fact, a lot of it was disappointing because I would have preferred to have left those memories of the original viewing as they were, rather than sit through bad special effects etc..

orangerhyme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122610417#Comment_122610417

When was it shown on rte in the 80s?

Was it the summer of 86 or 87 maybe?

Or was it shown a few times maybe?

Azatadine

I think I saw it on RTE in 1981 or so? Maybe 1982 at the latest. Could have been repeated later too.

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122610467#Comment_122610467

I saw it very late 80s/early 90s I think on RTE which could have been a repeat

orangerhyme

I think I saw a repeat in 86 or ,87.

Scared the bejesus out of me.

CastorTroy

I only got through the book for the first time recently and was planning on watching one of the adaptations. there was also a Rob Lowe version in 2004.

May just wait for this movie but I'm sure since it's less than 2 hours long and going by the trailer there is a lot of focus on vampires, a lot will be cut.

ErnestBorgnine

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122610494#Comment_122610494

Was repeated in July 1989 if i recall correctly

fritzelly

Well that was an abomination - seems lots were cut out with scene changes all over the place making absolutely no continuity sense and the ending was just laughable. James Mason would be turning in his grave

Like above watched the tv series as a kid, scared the crap out of me especially the window scratching and when the kid sits up in the coffin.
Anyone considering watching this forget it, just watch the original

JamBur

I saw the TV series as a child, and I truly think it traumatized me. That scene where a character in the attic and opens coffins left me unable to go into my parents attic!! Plus the nails on the window! CHRIST

Im sure watching it now would have me laughing. As a child, Nightmare on Elm Street (blood fountain from being sucked into the bed) and Gremilns (look under the bed before you sleep line) had me scared. I was too young to watch them.

fritzelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122691559#Comment_122691559

Watched it there a few months ago and while not as scary as an adult it still holds up pretty well

Phat Cat

I saw the original mini series back in the late 80's and it seriously traumatize me, especially the scene with the rocking chair in the doctors house and of course the kid vampire scratching the window.

I haven't watched the new one yet but latest one was supposed to be a 3 hour movie and a huge chunk of it got cut back which included the original opening. Hopefully there'll be a directors cut in the future.

https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3834421/gary-daubermans-initial-salems-lot-cut-was-three-hours-long-and-included-marsten-house-opening/

SVI40

I remember it well. Also scared the fcuk out of me back then.

gossamerfabric

I watched the new one for the Nostalgia. Nothing offensive about it. Competently made. Lead actors were fine.

Adjust your expectations and it is a perfectly OK movie.