Wolper said it was "very scary in its time." And Lowe said, "It has a special place in my heart." "It's a much more realistic rendition," Wolper said. Particularly the big, bad vampire, who looked like a cross between Nosferatu and Bugs Bunny. And, indeed, the 1979 version looks dated because of its primitive (by today's standards) special effects. Wolper and Lowe both maintain that one of the reasons to remake "Salem's Lot" is that they have better technology today. A vampire is moving to town, and he's about to convert the population.īut what should be creepy is pretty tedious. Ben Mears (Rob Lowe), a writer with a troubled past, returns to his small hometown, where something evil lurks. The set-up for this "Salem's Lot" is essentially the same as the book and the 1979 TV version. Which is a problem for what's supposed to be a horror film. on TNT) is definitely worse than the original. This is definitely one of those "sometimes." The new, two-part movie (which airs Sunday and Monday at 6, 8 and 10 p.m. Hopefully people will do it better, maybe sometimes worse." "The great ability we have in theater, in television and films is we can reinterpret the material. "What would happen to 'Hamlet' if it were only done the first time in the Globe Theatre?" said executive producer Mark Wolper.
"Salem's Lot" was a really scary 1979 miniseries based on a really scary Stephen King novel.
0 kommentar(er)
