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.
Direction
Larry Cohen's chaotic genius—vampire PTA meetings shot like documentaries.
Acting
Samuel Fuller's unhinged Nazi hunter Van Meer steals every scene.
Writing
King's premise mutated into something far stranger and funnier.
Director
Larry Cohen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Samuel Fuller was a legendary director himself; Cohen cast him after they became friends on a previous film.
This is technically a sequel to Tobe Hooper's 1979 'Salem's Lot' miniseries, though King reportedly hated both adaptations.
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