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Salem's Lot 1979 3 stars

      PG, 200 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: David Soul, James Mason, Bonnie Bedelia, Lance Kerwin, Lew Ayres, Ed Flanders, Elisha Cook Jr., Marie Windsor, Fred Willard, Kenneth McMillan, Ned Wilson, Julie Cobb, George Dzundza, Clarissa Kay-Mason, Geoffrey Lewis

  Ben Mears (David Soul) returns to his hometown, Salem, looking for inspiration for a new novel. He falls in love with Susan (Bonnie Bedelia) and gets to know young Mark (Lance Kerwin) who convinces Ben that his school friends are being turned into vampires. Ben has been suspecting that strange things are going on in Salem–especially with antiques dealer Richard K. Straker (James Mason). Will Ben and Mark get to the bottom of the strange occurrences in Salem that include people dying and there appearing to be no explanation? There is a sequel: "Return to Salem's Lot."    1 User Review

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the best	rich-the-horror-lover 08/21/2007
probably my favourite horror - a brilliant story line. Very creepy and scary. Its weird, i do not like vampire films, yet this is my favourite film of all time!!

Cast
David Soul	Ben Mears
James Mason	Richard K. Straker
Bonnie Bedelia	Susan Norton
Lance Kerwin	Mark Petrie
Lew Ayres	Jason Berk
Ed Flanders	Dr. Bill Norton
Elisha Cook Jr.	Gordon "Weasel" Phillips
Marie Windsor	Eva Miller
Fred Willard	Larry Crockett
Kenneth McMillan	Constable Parkins Gillespie
Ned Wilson	Henry Glick
Julie Cobb	Bonnie Sawyer
George Dzundza	Cully Sawyer
Clarissa Kay-Mason	Marjorie Glick
Geoffrey Lewis	Mike Ryerson

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