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Posted By: Magus Sep 22, 2004 - 04:59 pm

I read this book over the summer. I will relate to you my thoughts and experiences with this book, the second one Stephen King had published.

The book begins in Guatamala. A boy makes a confession to a priest, who then contacts his guardian. The man relates the boy's unusual confession to the priest upon questioning.

The man is named Ben Mears. He's a widower and the author of two books ( "Air Dance" and "Conway's Daughter" ). He returns to his childhood home, Jerusalem's ('Salem's) Lot in Maine. There he hopes to conquer his childhood fears of an evil house, The Marsten House, and possably write a book about it.

When he returns he finds the house has been already sold to a man named Straker, who is readying to open an antiquity store in town with his parter, Barlow. Unable to take up residency there he turns to a boarding house in town.

While in town he meets Susan Norton. She's a beautiful woman who falls deeply in love with him, and he with her.

A boy named Mark Petrie is a boy who enjoys the horrific and the supernatural. He's obsessed with zombies, werewolves, vampires and ghouls.

But all is not as it seems in this picture perfect town. Evil lurks in more then just the wooden boards and cement foundations of the Marsten House. A much more sinestral dark has crept within the confinces of Jerusalem's Lot. Vampires have taken up residence in The Lot. And now its up to to this most unlikely group of people, with the help of Father Callahan, the alchoholic priet of the town, and Matt Burke, Ben Mears' old teacher, to save the town from the clutches of this evil presence. And the cost... will be great.

I greatly enjoyed this book and recommend it to anybody who enjoys reading. It is a highly character driven book and Stephen King has a masterful sense of humor and Macabre. It is a genuine modern day Dracula, a true contemporary classic. It has the proper sense of pace and flow; not to mention a fitting style to go along with it.

Posted By: Hyperion Sep 23, 2004 - 01:46 pm

Salems Lot the Movie, is one of the scariest Vampire movies I ever watched

It was a while ago mind, but I remember the leader of those vampires in Saloms lot, with his big gleeming teeth, and the gory details and everything, it was a really spooky/creepy well made vampire flick

Hyperion

Posted By: Magus Sep 23, 2004 - 05:12 pm

I'm actually watching the older movie, over the past couple of days. My brother was a huge Steohen King fan, but mostly just loved horror. I found a couple of old tapes with Misery, Cat's Eye and even 'Salem's Lot on it. But the movie looks like a let down, I'm about half-way through it. The book was awsome, though.

Posted By: Howitzer Nov 06, 2004 - 07:01 pm

I just watched the new one with Rob Lowe and found it horroifying, wow what a great movie guess I'm gonna have to read it!

Posted By: Magus Nov 06, 2004 - 07:23 pm

I would highly recommend you do read the book. It is excellent.

The movie took the strangest liberties they could have.


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The first scene in the movie, never happens. Father Callahan is not evil. Ben Mears does not die. (Although in Wolves of the Calla you see his funeral) Father Callahan does not die. (As a matter of fact, he plays a major role as one of the main protagonists in the latter half of The Dark Tower series.) Plus there's more that I won't get into.


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Take my word that the book is far better then the movie. I only saw the first half of it along with the last five minutes of the last half. On the weekend before Holloween I taped it and I'm going to watch it most likely tonight, or maybe tomarrow.