Generations are still traumatized by King’s book and its 1979 TV adaptation. Now, a new movie is here to traumatize you, should you dare press play.

Writer-director Gary Dauberman discusses the long journey of finding the new Salem's Lot, including major support from no less than Stephen King who fought to get the movie out into the world.

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.

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

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

The way in which many filmmakers have circumvented this obstacle in the past is by not adapting the books as features but instead as miniseries, and Salem’s Lot is a prime example. The novel (which is the second King had published) is not one of the writer’s longest tomes,

Is Salem’s Lot a top-tier King adaptation? No. But not for nothing is a drive-in theater a key location in the action - this is the kind of fun midnight movie that teens flocked to in the '70s. Salem's Lot is released on Max in the US on October 3 and in UK cinemas on October 11.

Exclusive: A star of Gary Dauberman's Salem's Lot explains shares why a major character change in the Stephen King adaptation makes sense.