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When Ben is reading old newspapers on microfilm in the library, a headline reads "Local Couple Victims of DUI"
Story
An author returns to his hometown of Jerusalem's Lot in search of inspiration for his next book, only to discover that the townspeople are being attacked by a bloodthirsty vampire.. Writer Gary Dauberman told Den of Geek in June 2019 that his goal with the new version of Salem's Lot is to make vampires frightening again. He wants to get away from the sexier, more romanticized undead that have infested pop culture for much of the past quarter century, thanks to everything from Interview with the Vampire to Twilight to The Vampire Diaries..
SundownWritten and Performed by Gordon LightfootCourtesy of Warner RecordsBy arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
The paper was supposedly printed in 1956, at a time when the term "DUI" was not yet in use.. References Trog (1970). Having read the novel several times and seeing the 1979 tv-series a number of times over the years, I was really looking forward to this.
Well, it was disappointing
I realize it's a lot to ask to have to cram the book into a two-hour film, a lot of story and character background had to be sacrificed. All of our main characters are there, some visibly altered to suit 21st century norms, but not well fleshed out. A bunch of liberties are taken with the storyline as well, some for no clear reason, it seems.
Like, at all
I guess if you have never read the book, you wouldn't know what you're missing. But the most heinous thing about this film is simple: if you're the least bit of a horror movie fan, It's Not Scary. Give it a watch if you like, but the broth of this soup is quite thin..
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