Salem's Lot

great film

Excellent movie a little more closer to the book however as with all adaptations from novel to screen they are at best summarised the more important point of the movie

This is a far more faithful version of Stephen King's original novel, as Director Mikael Solomon and screenwriter Peter Filardi open up the story's focus on many of the other characters that weren't really fleshed out in the 1979 version. For example, master vampire, Kurt Barlow (Rutger Hauer) is shown as he was in the novel to be a charistmatic, erudite seducer of any unwary souls who he meets. Many of the other characters, such as Eva Brunier, Ned Ryerson and Floyd Tibbits are also very effectively brought to on-screen life by the actors playing them. There are a few disturbing scare moments that stick long in the memory, but none that are as memorable as those superbly orchestrated by Tobe Hooper in his version. Rob Lowe is outstanding and suitably haunted as writer Ben Mears, he nails the role perfectly and is probably the definitive portrayal of him. His co-star, Samantha Mathis, brings both a grounded realism and intelligence to her role as Susan, making her eventual fate even more tragic. Donald Sutherland clearly loves his role as Straker and commands attention every time he's on-screen as Straker and chews the scenery with devilish glee. The DVD picture quality and sound is good and it's a remarkable technical feat by Warner Bros. that the entire 174 running time is contained on only one DVD disc,whereas the original 1979 mini series version of 'Salem's Lot is split onto two DVDs in the 2006 release.

Great Old Movie,well packaged delivered on time excellent

Ace film. Not quite as scary as the original but better in other ways. Worth a watch.

Certainly not what I expected

Different zone... not playing in regular players.. but plays in computer

I thought the original Tobe Hooper version took liberties with King's original (extremely scary) text... but at least it was good. This one might as well have changed the name and made itself an original B-vamp movie. It's clear that what the writer/director mean to do is modernise the book and compare the vampire's evil with contemporary evils (including Afganistan, for example). So they've made changes. But the result is a really shoddy movie that doesn't seem to know what it's doing. It takes an hour before I recognised a scene from the book - characters, places etc that you are familiar with have been changed beyond recognition to pander to the rather redundant and overloud message. The scriptwriter should have been shot - nobody uses the purple prose that you hear coming out of the mouths of Rob Lowe et al! It occasionally sounds like a critique of the book combined with an essay on 'horror as metaphor' that has been dramatised. The actors try with what they have, and Rutger is heaps better than his vamp act in Buffy! But altogether it's a wasted movie - especially as long as it is. A real shame and a completely missed opportunity.

Tenía algo de tiempo queriendo ver esta versión de Salem's Lot, así que cuando la vi en oferta, no dude en comprarla. El Dvd es Región 1 para tomar en cuenta. Incluye solo su Audio Original en Inglés Con Subtitulos en Español. La compra fue con Amazon México y llegó rápidamente de un día para otro.

A clever way to tell the incredible and horrifying tale from the book Salems Lot. To be very honest, this movie captures the charm, suspense, and the horror of the book in a modern and powerful way - WITHOUT sacrificing much at all. So many movies are sad, lingering shadows or loose interpretations of the source books, but this one REALLY hits it head on. It's long, but it never feels long to watch. The film is so very well done and enjoyable to watch again and again! I really like the book and I can say that I am impressed with how they captured everything i. this film. It's now on our Must Watch for the Halloween season and probably in my top 5 for King movies!

Perfect

Good price, delivered on time and arrived in perfect condition. All good.

Eine sehr gute Neuverfilmung des Klassikers von Stephen King. Schlimm ist allerdings die Tatsache, das man auch hier auf die Spanische Blu-Ray mit deutschem Ton zurückgreifen muss, weil auch hier in Deutschland niemand in der Lage ist, eine deutsche Blu-Ray zu produzieren. Die Qualität der spanischen Blu-Ray ist überragend, Bild und Ton sind hervorragend. Klare Kaufempfehlung.