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A Return to Salem's Lot

A Return to Salem's Lot

5,9 /10 (316 Votes)
1987 EN 100 min

Overview

Anthropologist Joe Weber takes his son on a trip to the New England town of Salem's Lot, unaware of its vampire population. When the inhabitants reveal their secret, they seek Weber to write a bible for them.

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Release date

11/09/1987

Votes

316

Popularity

1.3

American Vampires as only Stephen King could create them.

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Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

100 min

Budget

$12,000,000

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kevin2019

2024-01-25

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"A Return to 'Salem's Lot" is a risible low budget washout, especially when compared to the superior spookiness of the original 1979 television production. This ill advised return is hampered throughout by a cast that possesses a persistent streak of amateurishness running through it and a pitifully obvious lack of budget. A dogged and grim weariness seems to overshadow the lacklustre production and it is almost as if everyone involved in front and behind the cameras have belatedly come to realise the folly of this insipid and generally unenthusiastic production after only a matter of days. Wh…

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