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Salem's Lot

Horror

Directed by Gary Dauberman

Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem's Lot only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire. From TMDB

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Salem's Lot is a 2024 horror film, directed by Gary Dauberman, starring Lewis Pullman, Makenzie Leigh and Jordan Preston Carter.

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  • Brian Keene @briankeene.bsky.socialBluesky · May 11, 2025

    Just saw SINNERS. Move over Lost Boys, Dusk Till Dawn, Salem's Lot, Near Dark, Dracula, 30 Days of Night, Let The Right One In, etc. all. What a phenomenal film. Deserves to be seen in theaters with a good sound system. Don't wait for streaming.

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  • Gunhed Candy 🎃 @gunhedcandy.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2026

    Nearby at a ghostly glowing haunted drive-in tonight's movie... Salem's Lot #1970s #horror

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  • Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 30, 2024

    Finally caught up with the new SALEM'S LOT and... I can't understand how they made a film by hollowing out the entire center of its own narrative. It's like they shot the logline and character descriptions instead of a script. It's more proof of concept than coherent piece. I wonder what happened.

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  • Netscape @netscape.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    Watching Salem's Lot since it's on Criterion Channel. Being a small town priest in a horror movie has to feel like getting called up to play varsity.

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  • ₱Ʉ₦₵Ⱨ @boneypunch.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 7, 2025

    Little 1bit horror practice! Been a little demotivated from last few months of current events to make anything horror related but I thought I do the last scene in a movie that actually creeped me out which was the boy floating in the window in Salem's Lot(1979) #1bit #pixelart #horror

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  • Dementia Von Grimm @dementiavongrimm.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 17, 2024

    Happy 45th anniversary to my personal favourite Vampire story of all time, Tobe Hooper's truly chilling movie/mini series adaptation of Stephen King's novel "Salem's Lot". 🖤🦇⚰️🩸🪦

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  • Trevors (1990) starring Kevin Bacon @slimyswampghost.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 18, 2023

    What if a bunch of Fangoria and metal obsessed teens in 1993 Kansas made a DIY remake of Salem's Lot with their friends? Well, you'd get the greatest movie of all time. You'd get Leif Jonker's Darkness. Enjoy. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r3aMn5YNvfdr5HVdv29SuKp8zIyw8Ac4/view?usp=sharing

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  • 🖤🌹🪦MorTosha Addams @headintheclouds13.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2025

    🖤🧡 #31DaysOfHalloween 🧡🖤 Day 26 Theme: Stephen King #NowWatching for the 1st time 🎥 Salem's Lot (1979) 🎬 Directed By: Tobe Hooper #Horror

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  • Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2024

    I've never been an adaptational purist. I don't think there's anything to be gained or learned from comparing a movie to a book and whining about the differences. But when you cut maybe the most meaningful scene in a work like 'Salem's Lot, you better have something real good to go in its place!

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  • Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 18, 2025

    I'm seriously excited about Arrow's new release of SALEM'S LOT. It's a gorgeous print with terrific extras. Plus, I got to write an essay on the film and vampire lore. Arrow's releases are the best, so it's always a pleasure working with them.

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  • Willow Catelyn Maclay @willowcatelyn.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 5, 2026

    Been watching through some Tobe Hooper movies I haven't seen in the first few days of the new year and I'm fond of MORTUARY. A horror movie for kids about the horrible creeping rot of small town America. SALEM'S LOT is about the same thing & so is POLTERGEIST & TEXAS CHAINSAW & oh you get the idea

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  • Superspy6 @superspy6.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 9, 2025

    "Bart Simpsons Dracula" is without a doubt the best Treehouse of Horror Segment ever done. Every line is an absolute banger, it's got brilliant jokes every second and the crazy amount of vampire movie references from Coppola's Dracula to Salem's Lot are clearly done with a lot of love of the genre.

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  • ianthemouthofmadness.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.comBluesky · Oct 12, 2025

    annual rewatch of Midnight Mass and yes it's been said to death but it really is the best version of Salem's Lot committed to film.

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  • 🖤🌹🪦MorTosha Addams @headintheclouds13.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2025

    🖤🧡 #31DaysOfHalloween 🧡🖤 Day 26 Theme: Stephen King 🎃 The Long Walk (2025) 🎃 Salem's Lot (1979) Two films I haven't seen before. I watched nearly every Stephen King film from the 70's, 80's, and 90's but never saw Salem's Lot. I'm so excited!! 😁 #Horror

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  • Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛‍♂️🧟‍♀️🎃 @comicsinthega.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 4, 2026

    Some people would call the Sheriff in Salem's Lot a coward, but I call him the smartest character in the film.

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  • Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 3, 2026

    June Havoc, who appeared in this movie as a child, appeared almost 70 years later in A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) with a young Tara Reid. I can't imagine that a lot of other actors have appeared in a movie with both Harold Lloyd and Tara Reid

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  • caffeine anxiety ego death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 22, 2024

    Pausing in the middle of the Max SALEM'S LOT and this is shot and written like someone actually gives a shit about it?! Gorgeously shot and great atmosphere. And for once, my god i wish a movie had an extra hour. It deserves it.

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  • Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 15, 2026

    You know what would be nice? Just fucking make the book SALEM'S LOT into a movie. Directors and screenwriters, you're not half as clever as you think you are. That story is fucking stretched TAUT. Just a note: I enjoy Hooper's version, of course (but the limitations of TV). The rest are garbage.

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  • Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.comBluesky · Jul 30, 2025

    Bloober Team’s THE MEDIUM is the next horror game to make the leap to the big screen; Salem's Lot director Gary Dauberman’s label Coin Operated has picked up the film rights.

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  • Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2024

    Seriously. Just make a SALEM'S LOT movie that follows the basics of the book's narrative. It is INFINITELY BETTER than your "flourishes", directors and screenwriters. Jeez.

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  • Chris Schweizer @ NYCC (H27) @schweizercomics.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 5, 2025

    Larry Cohen is a perpetual artistic delight and I am over the moon to read his autobiography. A movie opinion I have with which virtually no one agrees is that his weird, rambling, leisurely, idiosyncratic sequel to 1979's Salem Lot adaptation is better than the 1979 Salem's Lot adaptation.

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  • Clinton of the Damned 🎃👻 @puritythrufire.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 21, 2026

    Picking a (not so) random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Year 2, Day #281 "Salem's Lot" (Tobe Hooper/1979) For a 2 part TV mini series that aired on CBS, this one is incredibly creepy and filled with atmosphere. Tobe Hooper was on a roll for awhile there. Check it out.

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  • beth death & the slay-belles @dumb-belles.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 22, 2026

    Drop a movie that traumatized you as a kid...🖤😬 Salem's Lot. I rewatched this last year with my husband and teenage son, and THEY LAUGHED.

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  • genXcrone (she/her) @genxcrone.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 21, 2026

    Salem's Lot at around 9 years old. Big mistake. The TV movie came out a year or so later and I had imagined such horrors from the book that I could not look at the movie. Nothing has ever scared me so much.

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  • 𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷🤘🎸💙 @redfives.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 22, 2025

    Well, I've watched The Shining, Doctor Sleep, both versions of Salem's Lot & IT, and this one's remake. Time to add the original to my "Stephen King" movie list lol #NowWatching Pet Sematary (1989)

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  • The Digital Bits @thedigitalbits.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 11, 2026

    Bits #4K Review – @timsalmons.bsky.social revisits Tobe Hooper's classic 1979 #stephenking #TV #horror film SALEM'S LOT, available in an excellent new #4K #UltraHD release from @arrowvideo.bsky.social. @billhuntbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/reviews/item...

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  • UKFilmNerd @[email protected]Lemmy · Aug 20, 2024

    Salem's Lot first look images preview the long-awaited Stephen King adaptation, coming to Max later this year. > A batch of first look images have arrived to promote the latest adaptation of Salem's Lot, coming to Max in October Delayed due to COVID-19 and the SAG strike, the third film adaptation of Stephen King's horror story heads straight to Max in October. The UK will still get a theatrical release (maybe because we don'tengl have Max).

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  • Janne Widmark @jannefantastic.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 5, 2026

    I saw a lot this week. Twice. #LetterboxdFriday #ScaryMovie #MastersOfTheUniverise #Salem'sLot #Last4Watched #Filmsky

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 28, 2025

    #NowWatching SALEM'S LOT (2024). Director: Gary Dauberman. Lewis Pullman, Makenzie Leigh. Not expecting too much from this latest iteration of Stephen King's classic vampire tale...but hey, there's always Pullman!! #filmsky 📽 #horrorsky

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  • More Movies @moremovies.co.ukBluesky · Dec 9, 2024

    Join us for a chat about the latest version of Stephen King's Salem's Lot in our latest #podcast excerpt vid. We talk about the original mini-series & sequel as well as other remakes, contrasting this new version to see how it holds up! #filmsky #movies #horror www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DHQ...

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  • perishthethought @[email protected]Lemmy · Apr 26, 2026

    Salem's Lot (1979 480p). Salem's Lot is a 1979 American horror television miniseries directed by Tobe Hooper, and adapted by Paul Monash from the 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King. It stars David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin, Bonnie Bedelia and Lew Ayres. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem%27s_Lot_(1979_miniseries) ![the poster](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/82/Salemslotthemovie.jpg)

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  • Giallo Biafra @fulciseyefetish.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 18, 2024

    Well this was certainly an enjoyable way to spend a Wednesday morning. My ★★★½ review of Salem's Lot. #Hooptober boxd.it/7meQo7

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  • Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 30, 2024

    this was the best part of the whole Salem's Lot remake

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  • ⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.comBluesky · Oct 4, 2024

    📽️ Now watching SALEM'S LOT (2024) (and probably the old one again soon, if this one sucks)

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  • UKFilmNerd @[email protected]Lemmy · Feb 20, 2024

    [News] Salem’s Lot | Warner Bros has another filmed yet unreleased film, decision time looming. TLDR: Warner Bros has a remake of Salem's Lot sitting on the shelf. It even has an endorsement from Stephen King and had two good test screenings. Its original release date was Spring 2022.

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  • ianthemouthofmadness.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.comBluesky · Oct 22, 2026

    I'd forgotten just how bad the 2024 ('21, actually, cos WB realised they had a stinker and sat on it) Salem's Lot film adaptation is. must've been drunk when I first saw it to have subjected myself a second time

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  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @[email protected]Lemmy · Sep 30, 2024

    The next six months will define the future of vampire movies after years of box office flops. > After a disappointing few years, the vampire sub-genre of horror is at a crossroads with three high-profile movies on the horizon in Nosferatu, Salem's Lot, and Sinners. Vampire movies have evolved over the years, ranging from the gothic horror of Bela Lugosi's Dracula, to the fantasy romance of Twilight. In recent years, there have been a slew of satirical vampire projects, including highly-rated TV…

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  • ianthemouthofmadness.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.comBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    #LastFourFriday #Letterboxd - some crackers here if we ignore the Salem's Lot remake. Blue Ruin improves on each watch and Flow deserves all the plaudits.

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  • Scalawag Jack @scalawagjack.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    What’s a horror movie scene that genuinely terrified you and still lives rent-free in your head years later? Salem's Lot was 90% cheese, 10% nightmares, but OH that 10%!

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  • Jonathan "Skeletons Everywhere" Raab @spookhouse.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 19, 2026

    SALEM'S LOT (1979) is such a warm and beautiful film. That it operates in a completely different tenor as TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE and yet presents many of the same critiques of America is a testament to Hooper's incredible skill as a director and as a director of actors. The cast is perfect.

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  • Black Dog @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 6, 2024

    10 Horror Movies Like Salem's Lot You Must See. >Helmed by Gary Dauberman, ‘Salem’s Lot’ is based on Stephen King’s eponymous 1975 horror novel. It is the first time the source material has been adapted for a film, having already been released as a miniseries in 1979 and 2004, respectively, both of which have garnered a cult following. The film follows author Ben Mears (Lewis Pullman), who returns to his hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot AKA Salem’s Lot, in Maine, after 25 years to find inspiration…

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  • Joe Humphrey - he/him @joehumphrey.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 11, 2025

    The #WIPSnips word for July 11 is "apparition" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts I don't think I have any apparitions in my stories, but I do have a character watching Salem's Lot on TV during a particularly scary scene. Maybe that counts?

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  • UKFilmNerd @[email protected]Lemmy · Mar 12, 2024

    [News] Salem's Lot remake isn't being shelved; will officially debut on Max.

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  • Sergio @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 13, 2026

    Salem’s Lot (1979) [PIC]. Crosspost: see [email protected] for pictures and posters from all kinds of movies! 'Salem's Lot is a miniseries / movie about vampires based on a novel and short story by Stephen King. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem's_Lot_(1979_miniseries) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'Salem's_Lot > In the United States, Salem's Lot aired in two feature-length installments on CBS in November 1979, while internationally it was released as a two-hour theatrical…

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  • Dex Anderson @dexanderson.comBluesky · Oct 7, 2024

    movie night tonight with friends: SALEM'S LOT (the new one)

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  • Black Dog @[email protected]Lemmy · Sep 26, 2024

    Salem’s Lot Review: This Vampire Movie Could’ve Been Great, But Horror Fans Will Love It Anyway. At this moment, it's hard to disconnect the new Salem's Lot from its nearly two-year release delay, during which many feared the film would never, ahem, see the light of day. That's an unfortunate situation. On the one hand, it clearly didn't deserve to sit on the shelf for so long, caught up in the leadership change at Warner Bros. On the other, it doesn't quite live up to the expectations that…

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  • Amanda Reyes @madefortvmayhem.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 24, 2025

    Hey! If you live in LA, you can see the new 4K restoration of Tobe Hooper's classic adaptation of Steven King's Salem's Lot on the BIG SCREEN this Sunday, Sept 28. It's screening at the Aero at 11 am FOR FREE. Details below! If you can make it, please send my regards! beyondfest.com/film/salems-...

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  • JerichoCross @[email protected]Lemmy · Jan 14, 2025

    James Wan's vampire movie watchlist. James Wan is a horror director and co-creator of the Saw, Insidious, and Conjuring franchises. He was also executive producer on the Salem's Lot remake for (HBO) Max. In an attempt to hype up the release for Salem's Lot, he posted this watchlist of vampire movies. And honestly... it's really good. There are a lot of obvious classics but also some great obscure choices as well.

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  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @[email protected]Lemmy · Sep 11, 2024

    New 'Salem's Lot' movie sinks its teeth into Max on October 3, 2024. > The long-awaited movie adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is coming exclusively to Max this Halloween season. > >Announced today, Salem’s Lot premieres on Max on October 3, 2024. > >Stay tuned for the official trailer, coming very soon… > >Stephen King had recently tweeted praise for the film. He wrote earlier this year, “I’ve seen the new SALEM’S LOT and it’s quite…

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  • Paul Jessup @pauljessup.comBluesky · Apr 18, 2024

    Introduce yourself with: One book: Moby Dick One film: The Wickerman One album: Tori Amos - Under the Pink One TV show: Salem's Lot (or Midnight Mass)

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  • Roland of Gilead @rolandofgilead19.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2026

    Just got this today. King of Horror Expanded Edition 8-Film Collection from the mind of Stephen King 'Salem's Lot The Shining Creepshow Cat's Eye IT The Shawshank Redemption The Green Mile Dreamcatcher Did I mention it glows in the dark?!

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  • soulsurrender 🌌 @soulsurrender.bsky.socialBluesky · May 1, 2026

    My #LastFourWatched: I made @zecleaner.bsky.social watch all the Salem's Lot adaptions with me after I finished the book. Spoiler: The book was better.

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  • Tenebrad @bradislove.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 11, 2026

    Now watching Salem's Lot (1979). I think I was in high school last time I watched this. Pretty sure I rented the VHS from Hollywood Video #Filmsky 📽️

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  • Goblin Archives @goblinarchives.itch.ioBluesky · Nov 29, 2024

    I’m so excited for this one. Look at the inspirations! Film: Messiah of Evil, City of the Living Dead Novel: ’Salem's Lot Documentary: Small Town Gay Bar Music: “Our Town” by Iris DeMent

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  • Jimmy🔜MFF @mrjimmydafloof.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2024

    I just watched the new Salem's Lot adaptation, and I can confidentely say it is, without a single doubt, a movie

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  • 🖖🏳️‍⚧️T'Lynn🦇David🦇Cooper🏳️‍⚧️🖖 @awholedamntown.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 24, 2026

    Even though I am like 90% certain he has never even read the book OR seen any adaptation, @jamesleech.bsky.social is straight demanding I watch the Salem's Lot TV movie by Tobe Hooper this afternoon. #Filmsky🧛 oh my god vampire this is unrelated there's actually a vampire in this skeet with me righ

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  • Abendroth @abendroth.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 12, 2026

    Introduce yourself with 1: Movie Book TV Show Album Comic Game The Brides of Dracula Salem's Lot Mystery Science Theater 3000 Somewhere In Time, Iron Maiden DIE Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines

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  • MorpheusCometh @morpheuscometh.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 17, 2024

    'Salem's Lot' was released on November 17, 1979. It's a classic horror film that has stood the test of time.

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  • Trace Thurman @tracedthurman.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 15, 2024

    Checked out A RETURN TO SALEM'S LOT and was shocked to see a *very* young Tara Reid in her film debut as one of the town's vampires!

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  • Doolin Digital @doolin-digital.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    True story: I once got classic horror movie recommendations from Alice Cooper. Salem's Lot (1978) Dracula's Daughter (1936) He didn't disappoint.

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