Years after its original release date, a new horror movie based on a Stephen King book will go straight to streaming
Mar. 13, 2024Salem’s Lot is coming to Max
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“Between you and me, Twitter, I’ve seen the new SALEM’S LOT and it’s quite good,” Kingtweetedlast month, lamenting the film’s absence from Warner Bros.' release slate. “Old-school horror filmmaking: slow build, big payoff. Not sure why WB is holding it back; not like it’s embarrassing, or anything. Who knows. I just write the fucking things.”
King’s novel, first published in 1975, follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to the town he grew up in (Jersusalem’s Lot, also known as… Salem’s Lot) in an attempt to find inspiration, only to find that the residents are being turned into vampires. The movie will seeTop Gun: Maverick’s Lewis Pullman play Mears, alongside Gotham’s Makenzie Leigh, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Spencer Treat Clark, Alfre Woodard, Bill Camp, and William Sadler.
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