First trailer for new Stephen King adaptation Salem's Lot is a mix between Midnight Mass and 30 Days of Night
Sep. 12, 2024He has risen…
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The first trailer for the new adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot is finally here, and it looks just as creepy as the novel is.
The trailer opens with main character and horror author Ben Mears returning to his hometown for “research” and before long it becomes clear what exactly he is looking for. From a young boy running from a creature with blue glowing eyes to a Preist confessing that people in the town have reported strange experiences, we can see that the ‘Lot’ is becoming overrun with shadowy night dwellers. Then in a mixture of bleak clips all one creepier then the last, the trailer features corpses coming to life, Mears being chased by fanged foes, and a group of local do-gooders trying to get to the bottom of the vampiric outbreak. Watch the full clip below.
Baked on King’s legendary 1975 vampire novel, Salem’s Lot follows a writer, as he learns that an undead creature has set up camp in the place he grew up. The official synopsis from Warner Bros. reads: “Haunted by an incident from his childhood, author Ben Mears returns to his hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration for his next book, only to discover the town is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire and his loyal servant.”
The movie starsTop Gun: Maverick’s Lewis Pullman as Ben, Makenzie Leigh, Alfre Woodard, John Benjamin Hickey, Bill Camp, Jordan Preston Carter, Nicholas Crovetti, William Sadler, Spencer Treat Clark, Cade Woodward, Debra Christofferson, and Pilou Asbæk.
Salem’s Lot premieres on Max in the US on October 3, and in theaters in UK and Ireland on October 11. For more, check out our list of thebest horror movies, or keep up to date withupcoming horror moviesheading your way this year.
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