Stephen King Praises New Movie SALEM’S LOT Saying: ‘It Looks Like Old Hollywood’

For some reason, Warner Bros. released the new film adaptation of Stephen King’S Salem’s Lot on the shelf and are trying to figure out when and how to release it. We recently reported that the studio was considering simply releasing it on the Max streaming service, which would be a shame.

I saw the trailer for this movie and I really liked what it teased! I was really impressed with the footage I saw and now Salem’s Lot creator Stephen King is excited about the vampire horror film too! He said on social media:

“It feels like a horror version of slow-burn movies like THE GREAT ESCAPE. It’s very well constructed. There are deviations from the book that I don’t agree with, but overall faithful. Best scene: Danny Glick in the hospital movie, trying to grab a bag of blood . Glick’s scene could have been directed by John Carpenter in his prime.”

I love the kind of movie he describes here and now I’m even more excited to watch the movie! Let’s hope WB makes the right decision and releases Salem’s Lot in theaters so horror fans can watch it on the big screen!

Lewis Pullman (Bad times at El Royale, Top Gun: nonconformist) stars in Salem’s Lot, and will take on the role of author Ben Mears, “a man who returns to his childhood home, Jerusalem’s Lot, in search of inspiration for his next book, only to find that his hometown is prey to a vampire.” , leading him to join a ragtag group who will fight the evil presence.

Speaking previously about the film, Pullman said: “It’s scary to do these remakes, man. It’s like this and [Top Gun: Maverick], there is so much pressure that it is difficult to create a blend to be successful. But Gary Dauberman, the director, really cares about doing the book justice. Also, the previous adaptation was split into two parts, because it’s a really heavy book and there are so many different moving parts and so many characters. So there are some parts where Gary had to push and find what was really the heart of the film to keep, but for the most part he’s really faithful to the book and keeps a lot of the original dialogue. He’s a Stephen King hound, so he doesn’t want to get Stephen dirty.”

He added: “So I think he’s in good hands, Gary’s a really smart guy who has a keen eye for things. I think he doesn’t just lean into jump scares, but he leans into the more conceptual and visual stuff which, rather than to a shock that fades from your body in the next five minutes, something that is more visual, like an imprint that is imprinted on your retinas like a disturbing image that you will wake up from in the middle of the night and from which you cannot shake the your head.”

The film comes from the director Gary Daubermann and even stars Jordan Preston Carter as Mark Petrie, Alfredo Woodard as Doctor Cody, Makenzie Leigh as Susan Norton, John Benjamin Hickey as Father Callahan, and William Sadler in an unannounced role. James Wan he is a producer of the film.