Adapting a famous Stephen King novel, especially one that already spawned a cult mini-series directed by none other than Tobe Hooper himself, has got to be a pretty big uphill struggle. There are few people who probably understand this better than screenwriter Gary Dauberman,

Every Constant Reader has their own special Stephen King origin story. For example, my personal fascination with the author dates back to watching director Mary Lambert’s Pet Se

I’ve been very excited about finally being able to watch the new film adaptation of Stephen King ’s vampire novel Salem’s Lot . The movie has been met with mixed reviews, but I can’t wait to watch it for myself.

Gary Dauberman’s remake of “Salem’s Lot,” however, raises the bar. It may be the only Stephen King remake that gets it right. Tobe Hooper’s classic mini-series adaptation from 1979 is still scary, and it’s a heck of a lot more insidious than Dauberman’s,

The short story ‘One for the Road’ returned to Salem's Lot, but the Hollywood studios don’t seem interested in making a sequel to the Stephen King classic.

Despite Stephen King’s prodigious output of fiction and the 50-odd movie adaptations of his work, he remains a tough nut to translate. The argument could be made that the only filmmakers to capture the delicious dread lying under the skin of the creepier King story have been Brian De Palma (“Carrie”) and Stanley Kubrick (“The Shining”),

The once AWOL adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘Salem’s Lot’ squanders its potential by lacking any of the bite of its source material.

After two years of delays, the new adaptation of Stephen King's vampire story Salem's Lot finally releases for streaming on Max on October 3, 2024.