Salem's Lot Remake

[megoapesnut]

I hope they do a better job with this than they did with the remake of The Stand. My god that was brutal. I couldn't even finish it.

Salem's Lot

[Nostalgiabuff]

well the screen play is being written by the same guy who did IT 1&2 so that gives me hope. You're correct about the Stand remake, it was awful. the first remake of Salems Lot wasn't all that great either, with Rob Lowe and Rutger Hauer.

[VintageJoe70]

They did a remake or updated version awhile back with Rutger Hauer I thought....but either way, no remake will compare to the original...imo of course...lol....

[VintageJoe70]

Oops I just saw Nostalgiabuff's post...

[MIB41]

The original Salem's Lot was such a classic, I can't see a remake really bringing anything to the table except excessive gore and a overabundance of zombie style vampires. I think thematically Salems Lot played on a grander scale to our generation that had never seen a town run amok with vampires, (initially thought to be a mysterious illness). There was a slow burn to the reveal that made it exceptionally creepy. But again that was something that played as a new idea to our generation.

Todays audience have watched an entire planet overrun with zombies. So having to sit through that buildup to reveal vampires might be viewed as anticlimactic by todays expectations. And when they get to the vampires, I suspect they will be morphed into something resembling more of what the kids are looking for than what we had. So I'm not sure this story, stylistically speaking, is a good fit for a retelling. We're in different times now.

[VintageJoe70]

Exactly...some of the horror movies from the 60s and 70s and the UK released stuff is scarier to me than most of the horror flicks today...

[drquest]

The original Salem's Lot was such a classic, I can't see a remake really bringing anything to the table except excessive gore and a overabundance of zombie style vampires. I think thematically Salems Lot played on a grander scale to our generation that had never seen a town run amok with vampires, (initially thought to be a mysterious illness). There was a slow burn to the reveal that made it exceptionally creepy. But again that was something that played as a new idea to our generation.

Todays audience have watched an entire planet overrun with zombies. So having to sit through that buildup to reveal vampires might be viewed as anticlimactic by todays expectations. And when they get to the vampires, I suspect they will be morphed into something resembling more of what the kids are looking for than what we had. So I'm not sure this story, stylistically speaking, is a good fit for a retelling. We're in different times now.

I love the original Salem's Lot and it really brings a creepiness and tension that is terribly missed in today's "scary movie" landscape.

[Klosterheim]

Ya, the original Salem's Lot is really good.

I'm not sure how a new re-make can improve it.

A new one will just make me miss the style and camera work of the times.

[drquest]

Ya, the original Salem's Lot is really good.

I'm not sure how a new re-make can improve it.

A new one will just make me miss the style and camera work of the times.

And no David Soul :(

Although maybe they could get him for the movie, as he's still around.

[Nostalgiabuff]

the original Salems Lot is a movie that i remember sneaking into the living room and hiding behind my dads chair to watch, when i was supposed to be in bed. that movie scared the living **** out of me and Barlow gave me nightmares for days

[Nostalgiabuff]

what would be smart though, is if they finally started connecting the King universe. They can introduce Father Callahan here, and then he can show up again the Dark Tower series, if they ever get that off the ground

[drquest]

what would be smart though, is if they finally started connecting the King universe. They can introduce Father Callahan here, and then he can show up again the Dark Tower series, if they ever get that off the ground

I would be onboard with this for sure.