Salem's Lot - The Miniseries
by Mikael Salomon
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Actor: Andre Braugher, Donald Sutherland, Rob Lowe, Robert Mammone, Samantha MathisDirector: Mikael Salomon
Cinematographer: Ben Nott
Producer: Brett Popplewell
Producer: Jeffrey M. Hayes
Producer: Marc van Buuren
Producer: Mark Wolper
Writer: Peter Filardi
Writer: Stephen King
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 181 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-10-12
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Movie Reviews of Salem's Lot - The Miniseries
Movie Review: Salems Lot and Salem's Lot - for the love of both of them
Summary: 5 Stars
You one starers on Salem's Lot Tv miniseries should be ashamed of the one - star views.
The reason for why is because this is simply a miniseries version designed to capture the spirit of the modern times and put it into context aligning with Stephen King's Salem's Lot.
And doing that is not as easy as you think. I watched this film for over 3 or 4 times and know what I'm talking about - I find absolutely nothing wrong with it. Maybe 10 years from now there'll be need to remake Salem's Lot but until then at least let's give this series a chance.
When I say you should feel ashamed I do not mean I am attacking you personally - what I mean is that this TV series is simply brilliant and those of us who know are all in agreement on that.
This TV series is in fact a whole movie that's on a single DVD and it's an awsome film. It'also a return to the vampire who couldn't tolerate crosses in the cinema of the 50's , 60's and 70's , 40's , 30's and even 20's.
If you're gonna remake a film like for instance Vamphyr , I wouldn't be surprised to look at disappointments. But I won't even give myself time to view the reviews of the one starers. By that I don't mean they don't know what they're talking about - all I mean is that those are their views , and my view is my view. And when I state that my view is that the majority of them should feel ashamed , they'll at least try to put themselves into the shoes of the geniuses behind the production of the series. At first I wasn't sure if I was gonna like the TV series or movie or not , but the 180 minutes made me feel as if I had been watching it for shorter time than the old film.
And it's a different atmosphere now , literally when it comes to old movies. Look at how different the atmosphere is then and compare it to what it's like in films that are being produced today. The sky tells us a lot in these films. The vampires are sinister and old - modern. I think that there may be fans of this movie in even the communities of real life vampires. After I watched the film I bought a new version of Salem's Lot which I still keep at home. And I say bravo! This movie is an absolute masterwork in movie remaking. This is a brilliant example in a sucession to remaking and I hope that my comment will not inspire the producers to create worse remakes of other movie projects in the future.
Sometimes when too many people give a movie director's film project similarly sounding positive criticism reviews , the result may be that a future film project becomes not as sucessful because the director was not as serious when he had been focused on that film. So maybe a lot of negative criticism spiced with a few positive ones didn't do any damage.
This series is also in my view far less formula - based than the old Salem's Lot which is equally brilliantly directed. But what the negative reviewers and we positive reviewers on Salem's Lot TV series or film can agree upon , is that the good ol's Salem's Lot will never be remade in the fashion it originally appeared when it was first released in cinemas.
This is a series or film I keep reliving and enjoying each time I watch it.
I strongly encourage newcomers to the world of Salem's Lot and the world of these two films not to take my positive criticism seriously but to form their own judgement after they've seen these films and compared them with each other. There was also a relatively unknown Salem's Lot TV miniseries released before this one was made , and then there was a Salem's Lot 2 which was supposed to be a sequel to the original Salem's Lot , and incredibly I've actually seen Salem's Lot 2!!
Summary of Salem's Lot - The Miniseries
A journalist returns to his hometown to research the mysterious memories that have haunted him since childhood. But soon the closely held secrets of small town life turn into unimaginable terror when a fearsome stranger arrives - lloking to sink his teeth into a new home. Studio: Turner Hm Entertainm Release Date: 10/04/2005 Starring: Samantha Mathis Donald Sutherland Run time: 181 minutes Rating: NrThe vampiric Stephen King tale returns to the small screen, 25 years after the first made-for-TV Salem's Lot, a Tobe Hooper-directed ratings hit. This time it's Rob Lowe as a successful writer who returns to his haunted hometown. As a kid, something awful happened to him in the spooky mansion on the hill; now that he's back, the mansion is once again buzzing with evil portents. The physical production (shot in Australia) is convincing, and it's fun to see old pros such as Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer, and James Cromwell cutting up in juicy roles. The storytelling, however, feels oddly disjointed, as though King's sprawl had been arbitrarily hacked away rather than adapted (a few big moments are bewilderingly left offscreen). The approach misses the basic assets of a vampire story: the disbelief, the lore, the sex appeal. Instead, it feels like a random collection of bits for short attention spans. --Robert Horton
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