The Tobe Hooper version of Salem's Lot has the meat of the story and really gets the town feel right. Sometimes it's better that these adaptations aren't that close to what King wrote and aren't page for page recitals (the latest children of the corn remake a perfect example of how a literal word for word adaptation sucks). Loved the lead vampire( Nosferatu look) and the house house ( Psycho look) and Tobe Hooper. They didn't air the mini-series version until a year or two later.
In Australia we had the cinema version in 79, which had some extra little gory moments added. But any movie that has James Mason in it has my vote, so I will go 1979. The original was scary when it first aired, but it has not aged well at all. The remake was closer to the book but it had no bite, so to speak.
Which mini-series do you like better, the original or the remake, and how come?
Non-Film Score Discussion: Salem's Lot (1979) VS Salem's Lot (2004) FSM Board: Salem's Lot (1979) VS Salem's Lot (2004)
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