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When I was a kid, at some point shortly after the window scene, my mom asked me if I was okay. I said yes, but closed my eyes so I didn't have to watch and fell asleep soon after.
Various versions meaning different version of the 70's miniseries or different versions of Salem's Lot itself? There was a remake of it some years ago with Rob Lowe as Ben Mears and Rutger Hauer as Barlow. I do not know of any different versions of the actual 70's miniseries.
I was right, the dvd runs 183 minutes but there is a 112 minute version which was released in cinemas in the UK and is shown on cable in the US and is probably still around on VHS.
I don't think I have seen it but I remember reading it...I must have been 13.
Yeah, it is a great book. By far my favorite Stephen King novel. I read it once a year or so. I love how it doesn't really come across as a horror novel. The way it is written, it seems like it actually could have happened somewhere.
Yeah, there are at least a couple of different cuts of the original version.
IMDB has the specs:
Broadcast on network TV in the United States to fill a 200 minutes time slot; later cut to 150 minutes. An alternate 112 minutes cable-TV cut was released theatrically in Europe and is available on video in the USA. The 112 minute version contains an altered scene of Cully Sawyer threatening Larry Crockett with a shotgun. Larry holds the shotgun barrel in his mouth, though in the mini-series he holds the barrel in front of his face. There is also an extended scene of Bill Norton impaled on antlers. Also, Salem's Lot: The Movie has some different music from the mini-series version.
DVD contains 183 minute version which is the complete mini-series.
The VHS 1987 version omits the scene where Ben and Mark are in Mexico, and a vampirized Susan is laying down on a cot in a hut. Then, Ben enters the room and impales her in the chest with a wooden stake.
It's a great adaptation.
I recently bought the novel (again) because it has some expanded content.
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