A Return to Salem's Lot

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A Return to Salem's Lot

Absolutly has nothing to do with the tv mini-series Salem's Lot (1979). Very low-budget type film. This does not have the same characters nor the same actors as in the original film and does not have the main vampire killer as in the original film we all are a fan of. This film is just a total rip-off by name of title of the original film instead. Not worth the bother and definatly not for children to see. My rating is an awful "1". What a waste of good talent for Evelyn Keyes (Gone With The Wind) and June Havoc. Only worth a look if you would like to see them act again. But they are goonies in this one. Why their was not legal nogotiations concerning the use of title ("Salem's Lot") and the picture of the main Vampire Killer from the original film on the video package is beyond me.

Father and son take a trip to Salem's Lot, Maine where they discover that the locals are all vampires - who want the two travelers to write a bible for them. This disappointing theatrical sequel to the excellent 1979 mini-series Salem's Lot has pretty much nothing to do with the original or the novel that it was based on. This film is shamefully flat on scares and the vampires aren't even remotely frightening. For the most part we just get old people running around with plastic fangs in their mouths. Story-wise we get little suspense to sustain the audience. Yet despite these obvious flaws our leading stars do OK performances and there's a fine music score. Even still, this doesn't save this sequel from being poor. * 1/2 out of ****

"A Return to Salem's Lot" sequel to classic 70's TV movie. Where to begin with A Return to Salem's Lot, no production values, scenes swap between day light and night time through atrocious editing, the acting is truly, truly awful, with out exception. Although it is supposed to be night time in many scenes, it is clearly daylight. The story, well, there really is none that makes any sense It makes Plan 9 From Outer Space look Oscar worthy. I can only imagine this is currently sitting at 4.4 stars as it is in the, "So bad it's good" category.

This movie had a good idea, that is, how a colony of vampires might live, what they do to survive, etc. However, it just didn't work out right. The pacing and performances were not up to snuff, and any movie in which you have characters standing in a barn full of Holstein cattle, and explaining that "Jersey cows make richer milk", obviously had problems in the design phase. Just a bad film...

I first saw this in the early 90s on a vhs. Revisited it recently aft reading Coventry's review. While fans of the classic Salem's Lot (including myself) is disappointed with this unrelated sequel, Larry Cohen's fans may enjoy it but the rubber mask is way too cheap man. The film lacks the spookiness n eeriness. The atmosphere is nada. It is more comedic, specially the rubber mask. We have a Nazi killer played by Samuel Fuller, who takes asylum in a church n carry holy water. He even manages to be hale n hearty after getting trapped in a bear trap.

I actually feel embarrassed for Michael Moriarty. He has never had the really good roles he deserves. And he did not deserve this. It is obvious that the studio wanted to exploit the popular "Salem's Lot" without "shoveling" out the cash to do a decent job. This film cannot even in good conscience be called a sequel. There was nothing left of the town at the end of the last film, and suddenly all new characters are coming home to a place that isn't even supposed to exist. I really felt as if my intelligence was being insulted, by this truly poor representation of the subject. If you are renting the film OK, you just wasted a couple of bucks, no big deal. But if you bought it, you've just been bitten big time. This movie deserves an early grave.