Salem's Lot
2024
7/10
I watched this version this afternoon at home on MAX.
The original I reviewed earlier was 3 hours. This one is 2 hours.
They consolidated the story down and merged some scenes/characters together to shorten the film.
A number of characters are portrayed differently than the original and a couple of new characters are added.
Unlike the first film, the scenes with the children showing up outside the bedroom was not presented as creepy as the original.
They also presented the kitchen scene differently and it didn’t come off well.
But what made up for the above was the last hour of the film. The pace picked up fast and the film went into “30 Days of Night” territory. The first film did not delve into having an Army of vampires running around, this film went into that direction and did a decent job.
There is a 11 year old Black kid. In the original he was a White teenager. The Black kid will seem annoying in the first hour, but he becomes the best character in the 2nd hour.
Overall, it’s a decent remake of the original. It’s faster pace being the merged scenes/characters.
Synopis
When author Ben Mears comes back to his childhood home in search for some inspiration for his next book, he discovers that people in his home town are mysteriously turning into blood-sucking vampires.
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