By Max has reportedly set an October 3rd premiere date for their long-delayed film adaptation of Stephen King’s 1975 supernatural horror novel “Salem’s Lot”.
Haunted by an incident from his childhood, author Ben Mears (Lewis Pullman) returns to his hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration for his next book/
He soon discovers the town is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire and his loyal servant. The film is reportedly set in 1975, the same year in which King’s novel was published.
Makenzie Leigh, Alfre Woodard, Bill Camp, John Benjamin Hickey, Nicholas Crovetti, Jordan Preston Carter, William Sadler, Spencer Treat Clark, Cade Woodward, Debra Christofferson, and Pilou Asbaek also star.
Stephen King recently tweeted about the film: “I’ve seen the new SALEM’S LOT and it’s quite good. Old-school horror filmmaking: slow build, big payoff. Not sure why WB is holding it back; not like it’s embarrassing, or anything.”
Veteran horror scribe Gary Dauberman wrote and directed the movie which James Wan produced. It marks the third official adaptation of King’s second novel following Tobe Hooper’s TV mini-series in 1979 and the Rob Lowe-led mini-series in 2004.
Source: Max
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