
Salem's Lot(2004)
A dark terror has come to the picture-perfect town of Jerusalem's Lot, and it's up to a writer with a haunted past to uncover the horror that has taken over the town.


“The ultimate in terror!”
Ben Mears has returned to his hometown to write a book about the supposedly haunted Marsten House. When people around the Marsten House start dying mysteriously, Mears discovers that the owner of the mansion is actually a vampire who is turning them into an army of undead slaves.

David Soul
Ben Mears

James Mason
Richard K. Straker

Lance Kerwin
Mark Petrie

Bonnie Bedelia
Susan Norton

Lew Ayres
Jason Burke

Julie Cobb
Bonnie Sawyer

Elisha Cook Jr.
Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips

George Dzundza
Cully Sawyer

Ed Flanders
Dr. Bill Norton

Clarissa Kaye-Mason
Majorie Glick
Salem's Lot is a mystery series that first aired in 1979 exploring themes of based on novel or book, home, return, menace, antiquary, vampire. Created by Stephen King, it stars David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin. Ben Mears has returned to his hometown to write a book about the supposedly haunted Marsten House. When people around the Marsten House start dying mysteriously, Mears discovers that the owner of the mansion is actually a vampire who is turning them into an army of undead slaves.
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