Ben Mears (David Soul of Starsky & Hutchfame) is a writer who has returned to his hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot in New England (abbreviated by locals to “Salem’s Lot”) to write a book.
Mysterious antiques man Richard Straker (James Mason) has also secretly moved to town, along with his “master” – Kurt Barlow (Reggie Nalder), a vampire. Before long, people begin dying.
Eventually, Soul figures out what’s going on, and sets out to kill the head vampire.
Some of the vampires are children, who come to their friends’ windows in the night – scratching on them with sharp fingernails and asking to be let in. Creepy, creepy stuff.
This made-for-TV horror film is based on a Stephen King novel. Reggie Nalder plays the ugliest vampire on the big screen since Max Schreck’s Nosferatu.
Ben Mears
David Soul Richard K Straker
James Mason Susan Norton
Bonnie Bedelia Mark Petrie
Lance Kerwin Jason Burke
Lew Ayres Dr Bill Norton
Ed Flanders Mike Ryerson
Geoffrey Lewis Parkins Gillespie
Kenneth McMillan Kurt Barlow
Reggie Nalder
Director
Tobe Hooper
Video
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